Laurie Gray Column: Another Women's Equality Day without Equal Rights Amendment

Laurie Gray column: Another Women's Equality Day without an equal rights amendment

On Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, our nation will celebrate another Women’s Equality Day without an Equal Rights Amendment for women in the United States.

Laurie Gray column: Another Women's Equality Day without equal rights amendment

On Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, our nation will celebrate another Women’s Equality Day without an Equal Rights Amendment for women in the United States.

GUEST COLUMN: Another Women's Equality Day without an equal rights amendment

On Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, our nation will celebrate another Women's Equality Day without an Equal Rights Amendment for women in the United States.

Importance of gender equality

Annually on August 26, Women’s Equality Day celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the United States’ Constitution on August 26, 1920. The amendment granted women the right to vote for the first time and was a result of the women’s suffrage movement in the country. Women’s Equality Day was first celebrated in 1971 after the Congress passed a resolution to mark the occasion each year. The purpose behind this observanc…