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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MARILYN BALDWIN <commmdb@aol.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 25, 2024 12:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> yankiecat@gmail.com; Kathy Davis <kdavisnfbf@cfl.rr.com>; Dr. Joyce Taylor <Dr.joycetaylor56@gmail.com>; Tish Kooper <tkoop35@gmail.com>; Peggy Fleischer <peggy.lynn.fleischer@gmail.com>; Charlotte Campbell <charmondv11@gmail.com>; ALISON BATTIS <alieorange@yahoo.com>; Judith Hamilton <hamilton.j.r.2309@gmail.com>; Denise Valkema <President@nfbflorida.org>; Sylvia Young <treasurer@nfbflorida.org>; Karolyn Campbell <karolyncampbell20@gmail.com>; John L Williams <jwjwlliiams775@gmail.com>; Shawneequa Brown <shawneequabrown@gmail.com>; Kenia Flores <kflores@keniaflores.com>; Carolyn Peters <dr.carolyn.peters@gmail.com>; Jada Christie <emeraldpink15@gmail.com>; Terry Suarez <terrysuarez0208@gmail.com>; Melissa Loucks <MelissaLoucks59@gmail.com>; lorna <lcg7266@gmail.com>; Miranda Kilby <mbkilby@gmail.com>; Shanti Aaron <shantiaaron@comcast.net>; Thelma C. Murray <TMurray713@yahoo.com>; ladygiggy@comcast.net<br><b>Cc:</b> Virginia Meany <vmeany1025@gmail.com>; MARILYN BALDWIN <commmdb@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Women’s Equality Day , Diversity Committee August 26, 2024 NFBF <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please see the information below regarding Women's Equality Day by a colleague of mine from the League of Women Voters of Orange County. Virginia Meany the author of this article, and I Co Chair the DEIA Committee in Orange County, Fl. Virginia and I also serve, on the State League DEI Task Force <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Marilyn Baldwin <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chairman <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>DEI Committee <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>NFBF <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(407)810-0554 <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>VA</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>The LWVFL DEI Committee would like to recognize Women's Equality Day which is celebrated every year on August 26. On this day, we honor the women, including Betty Friedan and the National Organization of Women, who organized the 1970 Strike for Equality. Fifty years after many (but by no means all) women were granted the right to vote by the Women's Suffrage Amendment, women recognized that they were far from achieving equality in the US. Women, as they have since the earliest days of our history, decided to take action. And take action they did.</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Women across the political spectrum joined together to demand equal opportunity in employment and education as well as 24 hour child care centers. This was the largest protest for gender equality in U.S. history. There were demonstrations and marches throughout the country including 50,000 who marched in New York City.</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>We applaud these courageous and committed women and their willingness to garner attention through bold action. Women took over the Statue of Liberty and draped banners from the crown reading "Women of the World Unite". Women interrupted \the ticker tape of the New York Stock Exchange while holding signs that read, "We won't take any more bull!" . </b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>In 1971, Representative Bella Abzug introduced a successful bill designating August 26 of each year as Women's Equality Day. Part of the bill reads, "Women's Equality Day is a symbol of women's continued fight for equal rights and that the US commends and supports them".</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>To learn more about the President's commitment to Women's Equality, you may read the 2024 Presidential Proclamation by following this link:</b><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/08/23/a-proclamation-on-womens-equality-day-2024/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/08/23/a-proclamation-on-womens-equality-day-2024/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>