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Women marching in New York Suffragist parade
Women marching in New York Suffragist parade. Photo credit: Library of Congress.

Celebrating the contributions of women on this Women’s Equality Day

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Women marching in national suffrage demonstration in Washington, D.C., May 9, 1914.
Women marching in national suffrage demonstration in Washington, D.C., May 9, 1914. Image credit: Library of Congress

In 1973, Congress designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day. This date was chosen to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. This followed and was the result of a peaceful civil rights movement by women that began in 1848 at the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

Not only does Women’s Equality Day recognize the passage of the 19th Amendment, it also calls attention to women’s continuing efforts towards full equality.

Sources:

National Women’s History Alliance