August 26th – 97th Anniversary of Women in the United States Winning the Vote
August Women’s History Events
August 6, 1965 – The Voting Rights Act outlaws the discriminatory literacy tests that had been used to prevent African Americans from voting. Suffrage is finally fully extended to African American women
August 8, 1969 – Executive order 11478 issued by President Nixon requires each federal department and agency to establish and maintain an affirmative action program of equal employment opportunity for civilian employees and applicants
August 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (United Nations observed)
August 10, 1993 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as the second woman and 107th Justice to serve on the US Supreme Court
August 12, 1972 – Wendy Rue founds the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), the largest businesswomen’s organization in the United States
August 19 – World Humanitarian Day (United Nations observed)
August 21 - International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism (United Nationals observed)
August 22 - International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (United Nationals observed)
August 26, 1920 – The 19th Amendment of the US Constitution is ratified granting women the right to vote
August 26, 1970 – Betty Friedan leads a nationwide protest called the “Women’s Strike for Equality” in New York City on the fiftieth anniversary of women’s suffrage
August 26, 1971 – The first Women’s Equality Day, initiated by Representative Bella Abzug, is established by Presidential Proclamation and reaffirmed annually
August 28, 1963 – More than 250,000 gather for a march on Washington, DC, and listen to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech
“March Again for Equal Rights” broadside, circa August 1977, Box V:314, National Woman’s Party Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
(Source: https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2022/08/from-suffrage-day-towomens-equality-day/)
Upcoming Dates in Women’s History to Note for September:
September is Latina/Chicano Heritage Month.
September 2nd is Labor Day.
September 18th International Equity Pay Day.
September 19th International Day of Peace.
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