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Women’s Equality Day
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All Day
This is in observance and not an event on campus.
Contact:
Office of Diversity and Inclusion, diversity@unl.edu
Which commemorates the August 26, 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution that gave women the right to vote. Congresswoman Bella Abzug first introduced a proclamation for Women’s Equality Day in 1971. Since that time, every president has published a proclamation recognizing August 26 as Women’s Equality Day.