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Women’s Equality Day
August 26
Women’s Equality Day in the U.S. celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution on August 26, 1920.
A 40-Year Journey
The amendment, which was and still remains a major landmark in the women’s rights movement in the United States, was first introduced in the Congress in 1878 by California Senator Aaron A. Sargent on the behest of suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Because of this, the first version of the amendment is often called the Anthony Amendment, after Susan B. Anthony, who was arrested for voting in the Presidential elections in 1872.
Women’s Equality Day is not a public holiday. Businesses have normal opening hours.
