Women's Equality Day 2016

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Women's Equality Day for the year 2016 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, August 26th.

Women's Equality Day is observed annually on August 26, commemorating the women's right to vote throughout the United States. Women were granted the right to vote on August 26, 1920 and the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was added stating the federal government did not have the right to deny the right to vote based on the individuals sex. Back in 1894 another human rights day, Labor Day became a national holiday improving workers’ rights throughout the United States.

Days to Women's Equality Day 2016

Friday, August 26th is day number 239 of the 2016 calendar year with -9 years, -5 months, -4 days until Women's Equality Day 2016.