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Will We Finish What the Suffragettes Started?
Women’s Equality Day, celebrated in the United States every year on August 26th, is the country’s moment to acknowledge the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to…
Have a say in your future: Cast your vote on Nov. 4 and be thankful that you can
As early as 1848, numerous women’s groups were lending their time, their energy and their imaginations to the fight for the right to vote in the United States. The suffragettes…
Katharine Hepburn, Movie Star!
In an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Katharine Hepburn set the bar for smart, sophisticated roles that seemed to echo the woman that she was— and, in doing so,…
Should women have the right to vote?
Yes. Next question. The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920, and officially became the law of the land on August 26. As we celebrate the anniversary of this milestone in the development…
The Junior Leagues Look Back on 110 Years of Members’ Civic Leadership
In 1901, 86 years before Congress formalized Women’s History Month and 19 years before American women were given the right to vote, a young New York socialite named Mary Harriman had an…