BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200826T160000Z DTEND:20200826T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Women's Equality Day Program Featuring Lee G. Brockington DESCRIPTION:Join the Georgetown County Chamber as we virtually celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Women's Right to VOTE! This engaging session will feature local historian Lee G. Brockington as she shares stories of women who made significant and lasting impacts in Georgetown County.\n\n\n\nWe invite you to support your favorite local restaurants by ordering-in or picking-up lunch for this virtual mid-day program.\n\n\n\nThe passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote. The amendment was first introduced in 1878. On August 26\, 1920\, the U.S. Congress adopted the 19th amendment\, also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment\, giving women the right to vote. In 1971\, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as Women's Equality Day.\n\n \nWomen's Equality Day commemorates the struggles of women to be heard\, as fierce advocates who gained the statutory right to vote. Also\, known as women?s suffrage\, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution\, guarantees all American women the right to vote. The Amendment changed Federal law and the face of the American electorate forever. Women won legal recognition as equal citizens under the 19th Amendment. While women in some states could already vote before 1920\, women in some states?particularly those of color?were blocked from voting after ratification.\n\nAdditionally\, the voting rights of Native American women were not recognized until 1924. For Chinese American women\, it was 1943\, and for Japanese and other Asian American women it was 1952.\n\nWhile African American women were quite active in the women?s suffrage movement of the early 19th century\, they remained barred from voting for decades after their white counterparts. It wasn?t until passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965\, that African American women were granted the right to vote.(Source: https://www.dodea.edu/dodeaCelebrates/Women-s-Equality-Day.cfm) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join the Georgetown County Chamber as we virtually celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Women'\;s Right to VOTE! \; This engaging session will feature local historian Lee G. Brockington as she shares stories of women who made significant and lasting impacts in Georgetown County.
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\nWe invite you to \;support your favorite local restaurants by ordering-in or picking-up lunch for this virtual mid-day program.
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\nThe passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote. The amendment was first introduced in 1878. \; On August 26\, 1920\, the U.S. Congress adopted the 19th amendment\, also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment\, giving women the right to vote. \;In 1971\, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as Women'\;s Equality Day.
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Women'\;s Equality Day commemorates the struggles of women to be heard\, as fierce advocates who gained the statutory right to vote. Also\, known as women?s suffrage\, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution\, guarantees all American women the right to vote. The Amendment changed Federal law and the face of the American electorate forever. Women won legal recognition as equal citizens under the 19th Amendment. While women in some states could already vote before 1920\, women in some states?particularly those of color?were blocked from voting after ratification.

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Additionally\, the voting rights of Native American women were not recognized until 1924. For Chinese American women\, it was 1943\, and for Japanese and other Asian American women it was 1952.

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While African American women were quite active in the women?s suffrage movement of the early 19th century\, they remained barred from voting for decades after their white counterparts. It wasn?t until passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965\, that African American women were granted the right to vote.(Source: \; \;https://www.dodea.edu/dodeaCelebrates/Women-s-Equality-Day.cfm)

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