If You Were Wondering Why Women Are Wearing White Today…
November 8, 2016 § Leave a comment
We’re wearing white today to honor the suffrage movement and the women that came before who fought so hard for us to have the right to vote.
White was the official color of the Suffrage movement.
Alice Paul, c1920 Sept. 3., Courtesy Library of Congress.
Leading supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment march in Washington on Sunday, July 9, 1978, urging Congress to extend the time for ratification of the ERA. From left: Gloria Steinem, Dick Gregory, Betty Friedan, Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, D-N.Y., Rep. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., Rep. Margaret Heckler, R-Mass. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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