The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution stated that "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on the account of sex." The amendment was born from the women's suffrage movement and the culmination of over 70 years of activism for women's equality.

The national suffrage movement gained momentum following the first women's convention, the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The amendment itself was first introduced to Congress in 1878. After decades of agitation, the NAWSA formed in 1890 and continued to advocate for women's equality.

From access to health services, representation in pop culture and politics, to equal pay for equal work and equal opportunities in all field's of employment, today the work of the early suffragettes is remembered as heroic yet unfinished.

- Jyotismita khataniar

“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes; you may hurt me with your hatefulness but still, like air, I will rise” – Maya Angelou.

For all the women whose steadfastness of purpose and indomitable resolve refused to ebb in times of crisis, for all the women who looked fear in the eye and decided to fight with whatever they had, for all the women who capture cultural, social, political, economic zeitgeists of their times and need no testimony to prove their mettle, for all the women in our lives who nurture and love us compassionately, for all the women we look up to and for all the women there are; Women’s Equality Day is a namesake for the incessant pain and sufferings that went behind the historic movement of getting the Right to Vote in the States. Though the right as basic as voting was granted to the women of the West, the whole world rejoices in the momentous judgement. It might seem like a trifle but in sooth, is a humongous step in the direction of furnishing women with basic civil rights. 

Today, we stand with all the ladies in every nook and corner of every country that is, and tell them that gender roles are nothing but a meagre barrier and that everyone is equal no matter what.

- Sharanya Jha 

If you are a woman and exercise the voting rights maybe this present is not too much to you, but the presence of these voting rights is only possible due to the resistance of the women in the states. And our failed misery to remain true to it for every right.

The irony of this day is that women, not even today exercise full autonomy, and some of us
still fight the battles of equality behind those concrete walls. A woman in the workspace is
different than a man in the workspace and this will only change when they are regarded as
equal. Equality will come to justice when her voice will matter the same as his, when her
salary will be the same as his.
Our fight for this day to not ascertain the need for equality but the desire to celebrate will
come true, and that will be the day when both men and women will rejoice at the freedom of
equality, one for all.
Those burns and slashes won’t go vain, your respect and my equality won’t rest in vain.
Our history will mark the existence of human, from this day on to forever, everywomen
behind every concrete wall will want to live on and on and on.

-Uznain

There are many ways in which this remarkable day can be celebrated, firstly we all should research the amazing females who facilitated and led the movement and pay tribute to them. Secondly, we can register to vote and take a pledge to vote in every election. We can also support women owned companies and use our consumer power to support entrepreneurs. Another way to celebrate is to make sure that in our workplaces women in all regards are treated equally to men. Finally we can thank all the hardworking women in our lives — moms, grandmas, partners, sisters and friends for their emotional and physical labour.

However, women are not done fighting yet, from wage gaps to gender-based discrimination,some women around the world have to face it all. It is a long battle for equal economic andsocial power. But, it can be denied that there has been a massive change in the past few decades and the future surely seems brighter.

- Ishita Verma