Women’s Issues Network and League of Women Voters of Dallas
invite you to join us in celebrating the 98th Anniversary
of the passage of the 19th Amendment
giving American women the right to vote.

(Parking at the meters in back of City Hall)

 If the public were asked why July 4, 1776, is an important historic date, everyone could give an appropriate response.  But, if asked why August 26, 1920, is an important historic day to remember, the majority would express bewilderment!  For American women, August 26, 1920, could be a more honest starting point for celebrating our independence than July 4!  The day the 19th Amendment was ratified, women could finally claim full citizenship in this country.

Each year, the Women’s Issues Network joins with other organizations to honor the raw courage of those women and men who stood up to the arrogance and prejudice of their time to secure a legal foundation for women’s rights and to address issues of equality which remain unresolved.  This celebration takes place at Dallas City Hall, the official symbolic building where official affairs of the City are decided, on the Wednesday Council Meeting date which falls closest to August 26. 

It takes a hundred years for a movement to change a culture.  At the same time, without vigilance, hard won progress can be lost.  Aggressive assaults on women’s health and reproduction management, the continued imbalance in pay, and the commonplace violence against women and girls are all issues we must address today.

Join other like-minded women and men to pay homage to our past and pledge support to continue the progress at Women’s Equality Day, Dallas City Hall Flag Room, August 22, 2018, at noon. 

Participants are encouraged to wear white to honor the color worn by thousands of suffragettes when they marched in parades and at rallies to help secure the vote.