In 1971, Rep. Bella Abzug introduced, and Congress adopted, a resolution declaring August 26 as National Women's Equality Day. The day honors the 1920 ratification of the 19th amendment, which secured women's right to vote in the United States. Believe it or not, people ranted and raved, moaned and wailed, and predicted all sorts of horrendous consequences if women (GAAASSPPP !!!)VOTED !. None of those terrible things happened, and change came to America. But it came slowly, and painfully, in fits and starts. And we still have a long way to go.
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