08/27/2026
Today is Women’s Equality Day, a day that commemorates the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and women’s constitutional right to vote in 1920.
While it was a major milestone for women’s suffrage, it did not eliminate race-based social, legal, and economic barriers that prevented many women from voting. Today’s women’s rights movements carry on and expand the legacies of the early-twentieth-century women’s suffrage movement.
Swipe through to go back in time and see how the struggle for women’s rights and gender equality has been documented across a century 👉
📷 Larry Fink (American, 1941–2023), “Women's March, Washington, D.C.,” January 2017, from “Politics.” Inkjet print. George Eastman Museum, gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz.
📷 Larry Fink (American, 1941–2023), “Women's March, Washington, D.C.,” January 2017, from “Politics.” Inkjet print. George Eastman Museum, gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz.
📷 Spooner & Wells, Inc. (New York, New York, ca. 1910–ca. 1929), Nathan Lazarnick, Suffrage hike from New York City to Washington, D.C., 1913. Gelatin silver print. George Eastman Museum, gift of George Lazarnick.
📷 Spooner & Wells, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1910–ca. 1929), Nathan Lazarnick, Women marching during the suffrage hike, with "Votes for Women" bags, 1913. Gelatin silver print. George Eastman Museum, museum accession.
