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Heritage Month - August

Women's Equality Day

August 26 of each year is designated in the United States as Women's Equality Day. Instituted by Rep. Bella Abzug and first established in 1971, the date commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, the Woman Suffrage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave U.S. women full voting rights in 1920.

How We Got the Vote: The Exciting Story of the Struggle for Female Equality

Thursday, August 23, 2007
12: 00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
UMUC Inn and Conference Center - Room 3114

President Wilson Says Indeed, women in the United States could not vote until 1919, after passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.  As this documentary shows, pioneering women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) and Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) fought for over five decades to extend the vote to women. The documentary is hosted by actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her role as the emotionally abused Edith Bunker in the sitcom All in the Family. Highlights of this program include archival photographs and newsreel footage.

Contact UMUC Diversity Initiatives
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Phone: 301-985-7940
Email: diversity-initiatives@umuc.edu

See the White House press release on Women's Equality Day.