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          Date of Hearing:   March 25, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                  SCR 16 (Evans) - As Introduced:  February 22, 2011

           SENATE VOTE  :   34-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Women's History Month and women's suffrage.

           SUMMARY  :   Celebrates Women's History Month in March, and 
          commemorates the centennial of women's suffrage in California.  
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative 
          findings: 

          1)After defeat in 1896, women suffragists successfully lobbied 
            the Legislature; and in 1911, SCR 8 was introduced to put the 
            question to voters of whether women should be allowed to vote. 
             

          2)When the vote was finally completed several days after the 
            October 10, 1911, Election Day, California voters passed Equal 
            Suffrage by only 3,587 votes with rural districts contributing 
            immensely to the victory.

          3)With the passage of votes for women in California, the number 
            of women with full suffrage in the United States doubled; and 
            San Francisco became the most populous city in the world in 
            which women could vote.
           
          FISCAL EFFECT  :   None.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file.
           
           Opposition 
           
          None on file.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 









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