This year marks a century since American women were granted the right to vote under the 19th Amendment, which was ratified and formally adopted in August 1920. Here's a look at some moments that helped advance women's equality over the past 100 years.
Suffragettes celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote in 1920.Updated 0924 GMT August 18, 2020
Suffragettes celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote in 1920.This year marks a century since American women were granted the right to vote under the 19th Amendment, which was ratified and formally adopted in August 1920. Since then, women have broken barriers, smashed glass ceilings and paved a path of equality for future generations to follow.
Here's a look at some moments, both big and small, that helped advance women's equality over the past 100 years. Amelia Earhart helped smash the glass ceiling for women in aviation almost immediately after she first took to the skies. Less than a year after receiving her pilot's license, she became the first woman to breach an altitude of 14,000 feet solo. In 1932, she became the first woman — and second pilot — to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
in 2010, Albright said,"The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered."The Los Angeles Sparks face the New York Liberty during the WNBA's inaugural game in 1997. The league started with eight teams spread across the East and West coasts. In the inaugural game, Sparks guard Penny Toler scored the first basket.
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