CELEBRATING
Thursday, August 26, 2021 - 6:00pm
VIRTUAL PROGRAM 2021
Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It was first celebrated in 1972, designated by Congress in 1973, and is proclaimed each year by the United States President.
Keynote Speaker
Ms. Beryl Dakers
Broadcaster and Documentary Filmmaker
"The Rollin Sisters: Hidden Figures in South Carolina's Fight for the Right to Vote"