Women’s Equality Day

Monday, August 26, 2024

August 26, 2024: Women’s Equality Day

  Eric Tegethoff, reporter/producer, Oregon News Service, a bureau of Public News Service.    Women’s Equality Day commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. More than a century later, women have made progress, but more work needs to be done. Women have made major gains in elected positions across the country. In Oregon, […]
Friday, August 26, 2016

Women’s Equality Day 2016

Women’s Equality Day 2016. How far have we come? Not far enough, when women have to continue to fight for equal pay and equal rights. In 1971, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as “Women’s Equality Day” to commemorate the 19th amendment to the constitution granting women the right to vote. Women have come a long way since this amendment […]