Congress Commemorates Women's Equality Day, Marking 19th Amendment Certification
Every year on August 26, the United States observes National Women's Equality Day, a commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women full and equal voting rights. This landmark amendment was certified on August 26, 1920. The origins of the women's rights movement in the U.S. trace back to the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840, where several women, including Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, were denied access. This event spurred them to organize the first woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848. At this convention, 12 resolutions were presented, advocating for women's equality in social, economic, legal, and representative spheres. The ninth resolution, which called for women's right to vote, initially faced concern but ultimately passed with the support of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Following this, Susan B. Anthony joined Stanton in 1869 to establish the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), which introduced an amendm... 
