Women'S Equality Day 2026. Women’s equality day, celebrated every august 26, commemorates the passage of women’s suffrage in the u.s. Women's equality day is a holiday that celebrates women's right to vote, which was granted to them august 26th, 1920 with the passage of the 19th amendment.
Congress designated august 26 as “women’s equality day” to commemorate the day in 1920 when female citizens of the u.s. This year’s women’s equality day has the hashtag #embrace equity as its theme and the strategy plan for the years 2021 to 2026 will include this subject.