This #WomensEqualityDay, Remember What Your Vote Means
August 26th marks Women's Equality Day and the 96th anniversary of American women gaining the right to vote here in the United States. The struggle to fully exercise those legal rights continued for many more decades for African-American women. Thousands of black women participated in marches, wrote editorials and pamphlets, gave speeches all over the nation, held demonstrations, picketed the White House, went on hunger strikes, and spent time in jail for their activism before the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965.
Our foremothers knew how important it was that they sit at the table and help shape the political, social, and economic life of our society, and they didn't take the responsibility for granted. The issues they faced were too important for them to not take action. The same is true today. In spite of the progress made in the last 7 years, our nation is still grappling with many issues including racial and economic inequality, strained relations between the police and communities of color, and rising costs of higher education, just to name a few. Our federal discretionary budget still spends too much on nuclear weapons and war and not enough on the investments needed in our communities. Women leaders and women voters can make the difference.
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Our foremothers knew how important it was that they sit at the table and help shape the political, social, and economic life of our society, and they didn't take the responsibility for granted. The issues they faced were too important for them to not take action. The same is true today. In spite of the progress made in the last 7 years, our nation is still grappling with many issues including racial and economic inequality, strained relations between the police and communities of color, and rising costs of higher education, just to name a few. Our federal discretionary budget still spends too much on nuclear weapons and war and not enough on the investments needed in our communities. Women leaders and women voters can make the difference.
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