On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, we will once again commemorate Women’s Equality Day. This year’s 2025 theme for Women’s Equality Day is Women of the Revolutionary Era featuring a performance by Judith Kalaora from History at Play and more! Come join us! The event is free and open to the public!

About Women’s Equality Day 

Since 2011, the Massachusetts Women’s History Center (formerly Suffrage100MA) has been commemorating Women’s Equality in the Public Garden near the Swan Boats! Thanks to N.Y. Congresswoman Bella Abzug (1920 – 1998), Congress designated August 26th as “Women’s Equality Day” to commemorate the day the 19th Amendment was added to the Constitution, which prohibits denying U.S. citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex. While the 19th Amendment does not discriminate, other laws prevented many Americans from voting, including Black, Native American, and Asian American communities, who would not receive enfranchisement until after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other crucial legal victories.