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Many Americans don’t realize women were not legally able to vote in the U.S. until this day, Aug 26, in 1920. Today, women voters are very powerful. Will they use it?

Authorities have named 388 people still missing after Maui fires, a heads up about October's national emergency alert test: 5 Things podcast

Authorities have named 388 people still missing after Maui fires, a heads up about Octobers national emergency alert test: 5 Things podcast

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the designation of August 26th as Women’s Equality Day.

Maggie Peacock was the keynote speaker of the League of Women Voters of Corpus Christis 2023 Womens Equality Day event.

Only half a century ago, the United States government passed the 19th Amendment, granting some women in America the right to vote. On the 50th anniversary of the monumental addition to the Constitution, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper officially designated August 26 as the statewide Women’s Equality Day.

The fight for gender equity in the workplace remains a challenge, especially when it comes to the number of women in leadership positions.

 

Through The New Table, Julie Castro-Abrams is not looking to smash the patriarchy. Instead, shes encouraging women to invest in each other to help solve our problems.