Celebrating Women’s Equality Day
Monday, August 26th is Women’s Equality Day commemorating the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote — and gave women a voice.
As a nation, women’s rights have come a long way in the last 104 years, but we still have a long way to go toward achieving equality. This week’s news demostrates that history is being made in this moment, but also the many overt and invisible ways women’s voices are still undermined.
To celebrate just how far we have come, we are reintroducing our video series, A Voice of Her Own: South Carolina Women in Politics. The videos follow the South Carolina State Museum exhibit of the same name on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. It features stories and artifacts of women who were engaged in politics pre-Colonial times to modern day.
Let the series be a reminder — Your vote matters; Your voice matters. Use it come Election Day!
About the video series:
In 2020, SC WIL partnered with the State Museum to post vignettes about these impressive women on our website. In honor of Women’s Equality Day, we want to remind you of these important stories. After all, this is why South Carolina Women in Leadership was begun.
Join us for 8 episodes traveling through South Carolina’s rich history, escorted by exhibit curator Joann Zeise.
The Series:
- Introduction
- Native Women in South Carolina
- Colonial & Revolution Era
- Reconstruction
- The Suffrage Movement
- The Suffrage Movement in South Carolina
- Mid 20th Century
- Modern Era
- Your Voice – closing and guidance
Special thanks to Betsy Breckinridge, former TV talk show host and volunteer videographer, who also helped write all the summaries of our vignettes. And to Joann Zeise, cultural history curator extraordinaire of the A Voice of Her Own: South Carolina Women in Politics exhibit for the SC State Museum and woman who delivers much wisdom through her understanding of history.