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Womens Equality Day Word Search

The Nineteenth Amendment was certified on August 26, 1920, barring any state from denying the vote on account of sex. Congress set that date aside as Women's Equality Day in 1973, after a resolution from Representative Bella Abzug of New York. The same date in 1970 brought the Women's Strike for Equality, which filled Fifth Avenue and pushed pay and legal standing to the front of the argument.

Womens Equality Day word search (Medium)

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amendment
anthony
august
ballot
banner
congress
equality
march
nineteenth
petition
ratified
rights
suffrage
vote
women

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Words in the Womens Equality Day word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

equality: Equal standing in law and in daily life.
vote: The right the Nineteenth Amendment secured for women nationwide.
women: Half the population, long shut out of the ballot box.
august: The observance falls on the twenty sixth of this month.
suffrage: An older word meaning the right to vote.
ballot: The paper or screen on which a vote is cast.
amendment: A formal change added to the United States Constitution.
rights: Legal protections claimed by the movement over seventy years.
march: Organized walk through public streets to press a demand.
congress: It designated August 26 as Women's Equality Day in 1973.
petition: Signed request sent to lawmakers asking for the vote.
banner: Cloth sign carried by suffrage picketers outside the White House.
nineteenth: Number of the amendment that ended voting bans based on sex.
ratified: Approved by the required states, a process completed in 1920.
anthony: Susan B. Anthony campaigned for the vote for fifty years.
suffragist: A campaigner for the right of women to vote.
convention: Meeting where organizers set out their demands in writing.
seneca falls: New York village that hosted the 1848 women's rights convention.
proclamation: The president issues one for the day each year.
bella abzug: New York congresswoman behind the bill creating the observance.

Words in the Womens Equality Day word search

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