Women’s Equality Day

Women’s Equality Day is a celebration of the nineteenth amendment to the constitution which gave women the right to vote. This amendment was passed in 1920 and it banned states and the federal government from withholding the right to vote based on sex. This was a historic amendment and a massive victory for the cause of women across the nation. The right to vote is fundamental to the democratic process and it meant that political candidates had to take women’s issues seriously when running for office. Women became political representatives with the ability to influence the outcome of elections and as a result, the course of the nation.