Women’s Equality Day is celebrated on 26 August each year in the United States to mark the American women’s advancements towards equality with men.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
The United States is commemorating the 101st year of Women’s Equality Day. On August 26, the day is largely commemorated in the United States to honour American women gaining the constitutional right to vote.
The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1920. The legislation makes it illegal to deny citizens of the United States the right to vote based on their gender.
Over the last century, great women have proven the traditional stereotypes wrong by demonstrating to the world what women are capable of doing, from Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt fighting for civil rights and equality to brilliant scientists like Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, and Jane Goodall.
The previous century has shown more than ever before what both men and women are capable of doing when given the opportunity.
