Being born in the huge achievements women have made.
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Women's Equality Day celebrates the 19th Amendment to the American Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. This amendment was ed on August 26, 1920 after a petitioning the government to recognize women's rights. Now that's dedication!
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Women's Equality Day isn't really a balloons and cake kind of New York, check out the Women's Rights National Historic Park.
This stamp commemorates women getting the vote
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- The American Women's Suffrage movement began at a New York tea party in 1848.
- Charlotte Woodward was the only original Suffragette to survive to see women get the vote in 1920.
- Even though women got the vote in 1920, Women's Equality Day wasn't made an official holiday until 1971.
- While America has still not had it's first female president, many other countries have had female leaders, including India, Britain, Canada.
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