Amid criticism, Trump declares Aug. 26 Womens Equality Day
Source: wmur.com
Proclamation commemorates the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women's right to vote
Vuz Updated: 3:12 PM EDT Aug 26, 2017
Like his predecessors, President Donald Trump has declared Aug. 26 as Women’s Equality Day to commemorate the fact that women are guaranteed the right to vote.
Trump received criticism about the issue, notably from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, who repeatedly urged the president earlier this week to recognize the historic moment when the Constitution was amended to ensure equal protection for voters, regardless of their sex.
The White House issued the proclamation Friday.
“Women have always been instrumental to America's greatness, but with greater access to governing institutions through national suffrage, generations of women have been able to use the power of the ballot to shape their communities and help keep America a beacon of freedom and opportunity for the world,” the proclamation said.
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Suffragettes and supporters pushed for equality as early as 1848 when they signed the Declaration of Sentiments at the Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York.
Read more: http://www.wmur.com/article/amid-criticism-trump-declares-aug-26-womens-equality-day/12097990
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...............According to the National Women’s History Project, the holiday declaration said the 19th Amendment “culminated a 72-year, non-violent campaign to extend the right to vote to women, as symbol of the continued fight for equal rights.”
The 19th Amendment was a considerable victory for women’s suffrage. The movement started picking up speed in the late 19th century, particularly after the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention organized by abolitionists Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In 1872, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth both tried to vote, but were both turned away. The suffragettes kept fighting for the votes for decades, and even marched on both New York and Washington, D.C. in 1912 and 1913. Finally, after 113 years of being denied the right to vote, the 19th Amendment constitutionally protected a woman’s right to vote.
Though the amendment granted suffrage to all women on paper, women of color were still disenfranchised and barred from voting. In 1922, the Supreme Court ruled that people of Japanese descent couldn’t become citizens, thus they could not vote. State laws across the country barred Native Americans from voting, and unjust barriers like literacy tests made it nearly impossible for thousands of African Americans to vote. So while the 19th Amendment was a step in the right direction, true and universal suffrage wasn’t guaranteed for everyone until 1965, when the Voting Rights Act passed Congress...................................
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I feel so honored.
in case anyone missed it.
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I'll bet that got a lot of laughs around the table when they put that one out. Of course dogs would billing over women. It makes perfect sense. 
