Today, August 26 is officially deemed Women’s Equality Day, a holiday celebrating the passage of the 19th amendment, thus effectively granting women the right to vote. This year marks the 89th anniversary of American women’s suffrage.
In honor of the celebration, the White House unveiled their website for the Council on Women and Girls. Created on March 11 by President Obama, the Council’s aim is to “to ensure that each of the agencies in which they’re charged takes into account the needs of women and girls in the policies they draft, the programs they create, the legislation they support.”
The President also released a Proclamation today, declaring that, “the fight for women’s equality is not a woman’s agenda, but an American agenda…We stand at a moment of unparalleled change and a time for reflection and hope. We cannot allow the vibrant energy and passionate commitment of our trailblazing women to fade, and we can never forget the responsibility we bear to the ideals of liberty and equality for all. Each generation of successful women serves as a catalyst to empower, enlighten, and educate the next generation of girls and boys, and we must devote ourselves to promoting this catalyst for change now and in the future.”
WCI celebrates the work of the generations of women who have laid the strong foundation for women’s rights and we continue to support efforts to ensure women’s equality is a universal right.
