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women’s suffrage
Celebrate Women’s Equality Day with an Intersectional Lens
Since 1971, Women’s Equality Day has been celebrated in the United States on August 26. This day, set into motion by Representative Bella Abzug (D-NY), commemorates the 1920 adoption of…
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…
It All Began in a Place Called Seneca Falls
American women gained the right to vote in 1920, with the adoption of the 19th Amendment and its ban on denying women the right to vote on the basis of…
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…