Women's Equality Day, celebrated annually on August 26, marks the date the Constitution was amended to include women's right to vote.
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex," the 19th amendment read, as of August 26, 1920.
That sentence, my loves, took almost a century of organizing to achieve.
"Women's Equality Day reminds all Americans of their power as citizens to create their own unrelenting, brilliant, courageous, political campaign to ensure equal opportunity for all," says Molly Murphy MacGregor, the executive director and co-founder of Women's National History Museum. Read more...
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