Women's Equality Day

Tomorrow is Women’s Equality Day, but we’re marking the occasion a day early. Along with other women’s organizations, we’re participating in the HERvotes blog carnival to help raise awareness about the threats to women’s health and economic rights. In addition to posts from NWLC staff, we wanted to share links to other blogs from the carnival with you. Keep checking back here for more post links throughout the day, and after you’ve read them, make sure to follow along with the conversation on Twitter – we’ll be using the #HERvotes hashtag!

Women’s Equality Day, marking the anniversary of the ratification of the 19^th Amendment giving women the right to vote, is this Friday. The long and continuing fight for women’s rights has produced real gains – but women still have a long way to go, and many of the key laws that have improved women’s health and economic security are under attack. Read more »