Women’s Equality Day: a day where we, as women, celebrate our constitutionally provided right to vote. On this day, we should also pause to acknowledge, and remember, the valiant women who came before; those many individuals who fought hard to ensure that women are forevermore allowed the equality of voting. (19th Amendment)
This amendment to the Constitution took a long time to pass into law… Beginning in the 1800s, women began to fight for complete equality, (something we still seek today), and the right to vote, (or suffrage), was just one of the battles.
Finally, in 1878, the 19th Amendment was introduced to Congress. However, this 19th Amendment was not ratified, (signed into law), until August of 1942. That’s an amazingly long time to enact a right that many of us perform today, without so much as even a second thought. And, just so you know, many of the women who fought for these rights, (our rights), never lived long enough to witness the fruition of the 19th Amendment…
Below, I’ve included the 19th Amendment, for those who are unfamiliar with it in its entirety:
19TH AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT XIX
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
