{"id":16091,"date":"2019-08-26T11:57:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T09:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/?p=16091"},"modified":"2019-09-02T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T12:53:03","slug":"womens-equality-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/womens-equality-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Women&#8217;s Equality Day Everyone!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>What is Women\u2019s Equality Day?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First celebrated in 1973, Women\u2019s Equality Day is celebrated every August 26th in the United States. It marks the date when the 19th amendment \u2013 which says that the government cannot deny someone the right to vote based on gender \u2013 was passed. Importantly, this right to vote only applied to caucasian women, as Native American women were barred from voting until the late 50s, and.many Black women were still unable to vote until the 60s<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why do We Still Need to Celebrate This Holiday?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ability to vote is a pretty important right that we may take for granted, and it\u2019s not something that\u2019s set in stone across the country. Only two states (Maine and Vermont) allow federal inmates as well as parolees to vote, while many other states have different rules about when convicted felons can have their right to vote back. In Virginia, those convicted of a federal crime are permanently disenfranchised!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to women\u2019s rights in general, it\u2019s also important to know that the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Equal_Rights_Amendment\">Equal Rights Amendmen<\/a>t \u2013 first brought to congress in 1923 \u2013 has <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">still not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> been passed.\u00a0 Simply stating that \u2018Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex,\u2019 many people just assume it\u2019s already part of the constitution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it unfortunately isn\u2019t, it is very close. It first passed the House in 1971 and Congress in 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified by 37 states \u2013 it needs just one more state to ratify it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what can you do? If you live in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, or Virginia, then contact your state representative to let them know you want your state to be the one finally enacts the ERA!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Women\u2019s Equality Day? First celebrated in 1973, Women\u2019s Equality Day is celebrated every August 26th in the United States. 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