Women’s Equality Day

International Day of the Girl

On this International Day of the Girl [October 11], let us recommit to supporting every girl to develop her skills, enter the workforce on equal terms and reach her full potential. 

— UN Secretary-General António Guterres

In 1920, the United States suddenly decided it would be a good idea to let women vote and passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. That’s the way social progress happens, right? No. Actually, advocates for women’s suffrage worked bravely and brilliantly for another hundred years before that to gain their voice in our democracy. As we honor their hard work and success this August 26, we also celebrate their successors, and all they’ll use their voices to accomplish tomorrow…