Women’s Equality Day, annual event in the United States, observed on August 26 since its inception in 1971, marking American women’s advancements toward equality with men. Many organisations, libraries, workplaces, and other institutions have observed the day by participating in events and programs that recognise women’s progress toward equality.
August 26, 1970, marked the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted full woman suffrage. On that anniversary, the National Organization for Women (NOW) called upon women to demonstrate for equal rights in a nationwide “strike for equality.”
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