Ninety-five years ago today, the right for a woman to vote became legal in the United States with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. August 26th has now been nationally dubbed Women's Equality Day.
Men and women have been taking to social media to show support for the holiday, but also to remind us all that there's still progress to be made. The Equal Rights Amendment, for example, passed in the House and Senate years ago, but still has not been ratified by the requisite number of states.
The hashtags #ERANow and #WomensEqualityDay are trending in response to this, and some of the tweets and photos of people posing as Rosie the Riveter are truly epic. Here are some of our faves.
\u201cJoin me in supporting the Equal Rights Amendment! Share your own photo with #ERAnow! \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffe\u2764\ufe0f https://t.co/5SDztv7rDN\u201d— Patina Miller (@Patina Miller) 1440599878
\u201cWOMENS EQUALITY DAY! #ERAnow #equalworkequalpay #rosietheriveter\u201d— Stephanie J. Block (she/her) (@Stephanie J. Block (she/her)) 1440591790
\u201cThanks to @Janefonda for leading the #ERANow revival. "90% of Americans agree that men and women are equal" & others!\u201d— ERAEducationProject (@ERAEducationProject) 1436561022
\u201c#EqualMeansEqual #ERANow Via @EqualMeansEqual\u201d— Kimberley Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Kimberley Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1435971974
\u201cTaylor Schilling speaks out in support of the ERA! Via @EqualMeansEqual #ERANow #documentary #EqualMeansEqual #OITNB\u201d— Kimberley Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Kimberley Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1435713875
\u201cFeminist Leaders and Activists Rally for #ERANow: https://t.co/JlgxJDPhyh #fem2 #youngfems #p2\u201d— Feminist Majority (@Feminist Majority) 1406236875
\u201cChanging my major to EQUALITY. #WomensEqualityDay #ERAnow https://t.co/Yk4nLG3It6\u201d— Fun Home (@Fun Home) 1440615278
\u201cHappy #WomensEqualityDay! #NOH8\u201d— NOH8 Campaign (@NOH8 Campaign) 1440612672
\u201cWe may have come a long way, baby - but not nearly far enough. #WomensEqualityDay\u201d— Susan Sarandon (@Susan Sarandon) 1440610623
\u201cWomen in the #AirForce, & around the world, break down barriers every day. Celebrate #WomensEqualityDay w/ us!\u201d— U.S. Air Force (@U.S. Air Force) 1440608560
\u201cWe support the Equal Rights Amendment. Share your pic and tell your rep to vote for #ERAnow! https://t.co/Yk4nLG3It6\u201d— Fun Home (@Fun Home) 1440593358
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