Women’s Equality Day commemorates the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920 which ensured that no one was barred from voting due to their gender. This meant white women and black women but not Native American women, women who had married non-US citizens and Asian women. That would come later.
Nonetheless, August 26th, 1920, was the finish of a 72-year battle for most women to get the right to vote. The day thanks and recognizes the many women who fought for this right, and offers opportunities to share some of the history that followed, and discuss current issues.
This year Clinton County, NY is commemorating Women’s Equality Day at the Kent-Delord House Museum, 17 Cumberland Avenue in Plattsburgh, at 1 pm with a presentation on the struggle for women to get the right to serve on a jury.
Refreshments will be served. The public is encouraged to attend. For more information allenhomestead@gmail.com
The Commemoration of Women’s Equality Day in Clinton County, NY is a collaborative celebration sponsored by seven groups – the League of Women Voters of the North Country, the Clinton County Historical Association, the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association, the Champlain Valley Business and Professional Women, the Kent-Delord House Museum, the Saranac Chapter of the DAR, and Delta Kappa Gamma Society Psi Chapter.
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