Worldwide this weekend, everyone should celebrate Women's Equality Day to honor the rights of women and among them the freedom to cast ballots in The USA.
Women's Equality Day will be officially celebrated on Sunday, but the festivities have begun by honoring the 98th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
According to data by the Center for American Women and Politics, over 73.7 million women have reported voting whereas only 63.8 million men follow the same trend. Another example pointing to their determination.
This year is particularly notable for women and politics, as a record number of women are running for office.
The US sees the surge in women interested in running for office https://usat.ly/2lI4pZg
The 19th Amendment was first introduced in 1878. In 1971, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day.
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Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.