The Women’s Strike for Equality was a strike which took place in the United States on August 26, 1970. It celebrated the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment, which effectively gave American women the right to vote. The rally was sponsored by the National Organization for Women (NOW). More than 20,000 women gathered for the protest in New York City and throughout the country
At the march for Women’s Strike for Equality, the three preconditions for emancipation included child care, legal abortion and equal pay.
The Guardian: From the archive, 27 August 1970: US women find some advertising offensive, insulting and degrading
Ken Regan: Women's Liberation March, New York, August 26, 1970
Related: People Get Ready: The Struggle For Human Rights
Related: People Get Ready: The Struggle For Human Rights
