Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Statement Honoring Women’s History Month

Washington, DC – March 1st marks the beginning of Women’s History Month. In recognition, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement:

“Women’s History Month is special to me not just as a woman but as a mother, as a daughter and as a wife. It is inspiring to think how far we’ve come thanks to the women of previous generations on whose shoulders we stand. The suffragists fought for the right to vote and they won it in 1920. Another generation secured the passage of Title IX.
“Our generation had cause to celebrate when President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009 and when health care reform passed in 2010. Because of the Affordable Care Act, being a woman is no longer a preexisting condition, and women now have access to preventive care like mammograms at no cost.
“And yet our generation of women has an opportunity to do even more. I’m proud that the DNC recently launched the Democratic Women’s Alliance to get more women involved in politics, at every level. As the President said in his 2014 State of the Union Address, ‘When women succeed, America succeeds.’ Together, let’s make this year a success for women and for the nation.”