The National Women's History Project says, "At the behest of Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY), in 1971 the U.S. Congress designated August 26th as 'Women’s Equality Day.' The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. This was the culmination of a massive, peaceful civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world’s first women’s rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York."

The 2nd Annual California Women's Equality Day Parade & Rally took place on Saturday, August 25th, beginning at Sacramento's Southside Park at 9:30 in the morning. Participants then rallied on the West Steps of the Capitol at 11am.

On Thursday, August 30th, Radical Women hosted an event to celebrate the anniversary of U.S. women's right to vote, at 7pm at the new New Valencia Hall, which is located at 625 Larkin Street, Suite 202 , San Francisco.

NWHP's Women's Equality Day Site | Women's Equality Parade | Radical Women