Celebrating Women’s Equality Day
August 26, 2013 in 1920s-30s, 1960s-1970s, Political history
Women’s Equality Day is on August 26th – a date selected by Congress in 1971 to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting all women the right to vote across the nation. As you can tell from this series of video clips of Bella Abzug (D-NY), the Congresswoman who led the campaign to create this celebration, it took an outspoken woman to make this happen.
The observance of Women’s Equality Day also calls attention to our continuing efforts toward full equality (see more at the National Women’s History Project website).
This year the Kentucky Commission on Women (KCW) is sponsoring the showing of “Makers: Women Who Make America.” The PBS film documentary (3 one-hour segments) is narrated by Oscar-winning actress and activist, Meryl Streep, and gives an in-depth, bi-partisan examination of the women’s movement in America over the past 50 years.
- Part One: Awakening (the start of the post-WW2 women’s movement)
- Part Two: Changing the World (1970s feminism and backlash)
- Part Three: Charting a New Course (focusing in on the workplace and the “glass ceiling”)
According to the KCW’s website, the following celebration events took place across Kentucky this year:
August 19, 2013
- The Greater Hardin County Women’s Network, 458 Congress Drive, Radcliff, KY 40160
Contact: Nancy Chancellor-Cox 270-272-2281
- All Nation Worship Ministries, 110 Wisely, Radcliff, KY 40160
Contact: Jeannette Stephens 270-300-5728
- Morehead State University Student Activities, 150 University Blvd., Morehead, KY 40351
Contact: Shante Hearst 606-783-2668 or Laken Gilbert 606-748-4864 - League of Women Voters of Louisville, 115 S. Ewing, Louisville, KY 40206
Contact: Pat Murrell 502-895-5218 - Midway College Student Affairs, 512 E. Stephens Street, Midway, KY 40347
Contact: Jessica Combess 859-846-5390 - Lexington Public Library, 140 East Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507
Contact: AnnaMarie Cornett 859-231-5501 - Gateway Community & Technical College, 525 Scott Blvd, Covington, KY 41011
Contact: Kathy Driggers 859-442-416 - Campbell County Library, 1000 Highland Avenue, Ft. Thomas, KY 41075
Campbell County Library Event Flyer.docx
Contact: Joan Gregory 859-802-8785 or Karkie Tackett 859-781-1844 - University of Kentucky, Main Building, Visitors Center
UK Women’s Equality Day Flyer.pdf
Contact: Randolph Hollingsworth 859-257-3027 - JCTC-Downtown, WIN Committee and Women’s & Gender Studies, Louisville
Contact: Jill Adams 502-213-2364
- Coalition of Labor Union Women MLWPC FLYER.doc
UAW Local 862, 3000 Fern Valley Road, Louisville, KY 40213
Contact: Virginia Woodward 502-541-5526 or Vera Newton 502-364-3973 - University of Kentucky Panel of Scholars: Discussing the Status of Women Today—Local, State, National and Global
Women’s Equality Day 2013 – Tuesday.pdf
Contact: Randolph Hollingsworth, RSVP Institutional Diversity 859-257-9293 - Women of Daviess County, Owensboro Area Museum, 3870 W 2nd (60W), Owensboro, KY 42301
Contact: Rachel Foster 270-314-1226