Women's Equality Day

Women's Equality Day on August 26th in the United States celebrates women’s rights activists and commemorates women's suffrage and equality in life and society.

According to Heidi Williamson, a senior policy analyst for the women’s health and rights program at a Washington-based advocacy organization -

• On August 26, 1920, “more than 26 million women had their citizenship affirmed and gained a mechanism to empower themselves, their families, and their communities,”
• With the passage of the 19th Amendment, women not only gained the right to vote but also “experienced economic progress…allowing more women to enroll in higher education and enter professional occupations.”

Ideas to celebrate Women’s Equality Day:

1. Thank women for their arduous work
2. Support women-owned companies
3. Register to Vote
4. Demand that lawmakers restore and protect our rights by:

• Pass voting rights legislation
• Add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution
• Restore reproductive rights to all who experience pregnancy

Read more:

History, Timeline, Importance… WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY - August 26, 2022 - National Today

Women's Inequality Day | League of Women Voters (lwv.org)