Celebrate Women’s Equality Day and Unite for Justice!

Senator Maralyn Chase, Rose Cantwell, Councilwoman Kyoko Wright, Councilwoman Shirley Sutton and leaders across the district invite you to celebrate Women’s Equality Day and Unite for Justice!

We will be treated to a performance of “Hear My Voice – fighting for women’s right to vote” by Living Voices, winner of the 2017 Governors Art and Heritage Award for Education.

We will follow with a discussion with current and emerging leaders in our community and rally to urge our leaders to vote No on Kavanaugh and protect the freedom and agency of Washington State women and families.

Suggested donations: donate $27, $32, $50, $100, or even $500 in support of Senator Chase’s re-election. Sponsors include Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.

RSVP Today
Call Carin at 425-610-8378 or carin@maralynchase.com
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Women’s Equality Day – At the behest of Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY), in 1971 the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as “Women’s Equality Day” to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting some women the right to vote.

Women in Washington gained the right to vote in 1910, a decade before the passage of the 19th Amendment.

By law, the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote but in reality, many discriminatory practices prevented non-white women from voting including Native Women, Asian Women and Black Women, This is why intersectionality matters. Because without it, we whitewash parts of our history in one fell swoop. Erasing history is erasing identities. And it is wrong.