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Local Women to Celebrate Winning the Vote
To commemorate Women’s
Equality Day, UAW Local 12 Women’s Committee, Women of
Toledo and AAUW/Toledo sponsor a day of celebration.
On Saturday, August 26,
2017, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the UAW Local 12 Union
Hall, 2300 Ashland Ave, Women’s Equality Day Celebration
dedicated to the strengthening the voices of all people to
work toward equality. The family friendly celebration will
have food and other vendors, performances and free
entertainment for all ages. Dress to present your version
of Rosie the Riveter in our “Essence of Rosie” Contest to
win fabulous prizes. The event will kick off with a rally,
Teresa Fedor and other local dignitaries will speak on the
issue of women’s equality.
On this date in 1920, the
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was
passed, securing women’s right to vote. By a joint
resolution of Congress on August 26, 1971, the first Women’s
Equality Day was celebrated in NY. And every year since,
Women’s Equality Day not only commemorates the passage of
the 19th Amendment, but also calls attention to women’s
continuing efforts toward full equality, continued support
for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, funding for
Title IX and Equal Pay legislation. |
