Witnessing Women As Equal!
August 27, 2018 9:36 am Leave your thoughtsThe 26th of August 2018 was a gender-centric day referred to as the “Women’s Equality Day”. Perhaps one of the more days we celebrate about how and what women have achieved, and are in the process of affecting society on this specific day (although we do have women’s day!). Consequently, the day marks the 19th amendment process of the U. S Constitution, which gave women the adequate right to vote (now we know what’s different!). The history of the amendment was originally received as an adoption to the voting rights on 26th of August 1920, celebrated as a holiday until the year 1971 when a Congress leader named Rep. Bella Abzug, decided to give a specific mark to this particular occasion every year. CREATION OF THE MOVEMENT History dates back when the movement began formally in the year 1848, venues at the Seneca Falls convention, organized mainly by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and another woman named Lucretia Mott. Additionally, this convention was marked by the presence of nearly 200 plus women who decided to have a discussion on the women right involving largely on various political, religious and socioeconomic status at their condition in the society. Nevertheless, the process has largely... View Article