Women's Equality Day

In Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic Convention on August 25, she referred to the anniversary honored today: the anniversary of the day women in the United States won the vote. The long battle for the vote for women was finally won when a young legislator voted as his mother urged him to vote. This week, Americans honor this victory with Women's Equality Day.

• August 26, 1920 - Nineteenth Amendment Becomes Law
• Women's Equality Day
• Women's Suffrage: What You Need to Know