Day: August 18, 2020

August 18

By Clara Santoro | August 18, 2020 | Comments Off on August 18

Reflection On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified and granted all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest. One hundred years later we have still not passed the Equal Rights Amendment in this country. The reasons are complex.  Women are not on a par with men in spite of all the advances that have…