What is Women's Equality Day?
The '''Women's Equality Day''' is a special women's day on August 26 each year in the [[United States]]. It was designated as August 26 in 1973 under the [[United States Congress]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=Women's Equality Day|journal=The National Women's History Alliance|url=https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/resources/commemorations/womens-equality-day|access-date=March 10, 2022}}</ref> The date was picked to celebrate the 1920 certification of the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|United States' Nineteenth Amendment]] under which women were given [[suffrage|rights to vote]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Women's Equality Day|magazine=We are History - Americans Then and Americans Now|url=http://werehistory.org/womens-equality-day|access-date=March 10, 2022}}</ref> Two years before designation under the U.S. Congress, the Women's Equality Day was first celebrated in the country. The Women's Equality Day is celebrated every year by the [[President of the United States|United States President]]. ==Related pages== * [[Gender equality]] * [[Gender inequality]] * [[Women's suffrage]] ===Other holidays honoring women=== * [[Rosa Parks Day]] (February 4 / December 1) * [[National Girls and Women in Sports Day]] (single day during the first week of February) * [[Susan B. Anthony Day]] (February 15) * [[International Women's Day]], (March 8) * [[Harriet Tubman Day]] (March 10) * [[Helen Keller Day]] (June 27) ==References== {{reflist}} {{us-stub}} [[Category:Women's suffrage]] [[Category:Women's rights]] [[Category:1973 establishments in the United States]]