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National Park Foundation News:

Today the National Parks Service is celebrating Women’s Equality Day and the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which established women’s suffrage in the United States.

The national parks paint a vibrant picture of this movement and its most important figures. At the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, NY, visitors can learn about the first women’s rights convention—held in July 1848—at which pioneering leaders like Elizabeth Cady Stanton launched a movement for women’s civil rights that led to the eventual ratification of the 19th Amendment.

One of the newer sites, the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, DC, served as the headquarters of the National Women’s Party for over 90 years. The party continued to fight for the rights of all women to vote even after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, and included important women leaders like Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Mary Church Terrell and Ida B. Wells.

“So many of our parks tell the stories of women fighting for equality—and as a steward of our national parks, you help ensure that everyone can experience them. Thank you for your generous support, and happy Women’s Equality Day!”