Women's Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the United States President to commemorate the granting of the vote to women throughout the country on an equal basis with men. Women in the United States were granted the right to vote on August 26, 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified. The amendment was first introduced many years earlier in 1878. Every president has published a proclamation for Women's Equality Day since 1971 when legislation was first introduced in Congress by Bella Abzug. This resolution was passed designating August 26 of each year as Women's Equality Day.*
White House Blog:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/26/celebrating-women-s-equality-day
National Women's History Project:
http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/equalityday.php
Susan B. Anthony:
http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/biography.php
National Council of Women of the United States:
http://www.ncwus.org
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So this is so women can be equal with each other? Because if you wanted the genders to be equal you should have named it that.
Shocking to me that it took so long for women to be allowed to vote.. +Lynette Young I would not have survived back then i would have been in trouble constantly.
Hence the possessive Women's +Ethan Smith.
And if women are equal to man, gay marriage shouldn't be problem then…..
Glad we got the right to vote…but we have a long way to go before we are equal…
And it's ironic that Women's Equality Day coincides with the passing of the first woman to hold a seat on the NYSE and all around kicking down the doors of Wall Street without fear, Muriel Siebert. She was an awesome force to be reckoned with and an influential role model for women in business.
So embarrassed that I did not know this.
BTW, Ethan's comment is so fresh. C'mon Ethan!
Um…shouldn't that be everyday?
congragulation but what day?
facepalm
one day
thats all you get
ok?
In Islam a woman have more rights than any other religion,According to Islam"Heaven lies under the feet of Mother"Thanks to God I am Muslim.