More than 100 years after suffragists wore white in their quest for women to win the right to vote, their dress code is still a pointed styling tactic in the halls of the United States Congress.
Members of the Democratic Women's Caucus coordinated in white suits at President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on February 24. Their goal, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) told CBS News, was "to honor that fight that women have always had and to signal we are still in the fight." They chose the shade used by the suffragists in reference to new legislation seen as a threat to women's right to vote: the SAVE America Act, a bill making voter registration more difficult for married women and LGBTQ+ people.
