Happy Women’s Equality Day! #WomensEqualityDay
“I say then that justice is not fulfilled so long as woman is unequal before the law.” -Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1866 We celebrate Women’s Equality Day each year to commemorate the day...
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The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920, but defending the right to vote is an ongoing struggle.
Tennessee, the last state needed, ratified the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920, making votes for women a constitutional right . While the constitution now affirmed the right of women to vote, it would...
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! #IWD2022 #EachforEqual #GenerationEquality
“There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.” -Alice Paul Happy International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is celebrated every March 8th. It is a global day...
April Young Bennett talks to kids about the Nineteenth Amendment: why it matters, and why it wasn’t the end of the struggle.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, the children’s newspaper News-O-Matic interviewed April Young Bennett about how it was won, why it mattered, and why more steps were needed before every...
When did your state ratify the Nineteenth Amendment?
In 1920, the United States of America will celebrate the first 100 years of the Nineteenth Amendment. Want to celebrate the day your home state ratified the Nineteenth? Here it is. Congress approved the...
Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists
The first book in the Ask a Suffragist series, Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists, informs modern-day activists with lessons learned from some of the first American suffragists and feminists. Where can I buy...
