International Women’s Day 2024
March 8, 1908
Women workers in the needle trades marched through New York City’s lower East side to protest child labor & sweatshop conditions and demand women’s suffrage (women’s right to VOTE).
August 18, 1920
The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote
Only 50 years ago, in 1974, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed. Women in the United States were granted the right to open a bank account of their own and to own a credit card in their name. In the 1960’s many banks still refused without their husband’s signature.
It was only in 1984 that the last state granted women the right to vote…that state was Mississippi.
So, when we’re all about ‘International Women’s Day’ in 2024, let’s remember that it was not very long ago in the United States, that women couldn’t have a bank account or a credit card in their own name.
Let’s continue to support each other. To SEE each other.
Celebrate each other & continue to move forward.
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