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PhotoQuest/Archive Photos Since 1973, August 26 has marked Women’s Equality Day. The day commemorates the nineteenth amendment granting women the best to vote. The nineteenth amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920, nevertheless it actually wasn’t certified until it was signed by a government official eight days later. Not to say, all women weren’t granted the best to vote until Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965. The charge to have fun the nineteenth amendment, was led by 50,000 second-wave feminists, who marched down Fifth Avenue in News York City. The march took place on fiftieth anniversary of the passing of the nineteenth amendment to demand women’s rights including abortion access, higher and inexpensive childcare, and equal access to education...