Hello, Pearl Team.
Welcome to August! It’s hard to believe the summer is almost over and the crisp mornings and bright colors of fall will soon be upon us.
August has many important observances and Women’s Equality Day, August 26th, is one of them. As with so many of this month’s observances, this is a topic near and dear to my heart.
This day has been officially observed since August 26, 1973. It was on this day, just 50 years before that women were granted the right to vote. This was the culmination of a massive, peaceful civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world’s first women’s rights convention. The observance of Women’s Equality Day also calls attention to women’s continuing efforts toward full equality.
In recent years, women have made other giant strides by paving new avenues to equal economic opportunity for women. Today, in virtually every sector of our society, women are making important contributions to the quality of American life.
What women can you think of who have made important contributions to our way of life? Amelia Earhart? Eleanor Roosevelt? Oprah Winfrey? Sally Ride? They, and so many others like them have broken barriers to achieve their goals and shift the ideologies.
Warmest Regards,
Merry Korn, MSW
CEO