It’s Women’s Equality Day

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Today is Women’s Equality Day.   The 19th Amendment was signed 95 years ago today (Wednesday), giving women the right to vote. Kristin Garvey with the Indiana Commission for Women says the law was a powerful springboard for women to become more involved in the political process. And while women have made great strides since then, she adds they’ve fallen by the wayside politically in recent times. She encourages women to seize every opportunity to be heard.

According to the  Institute for Women’s Policy Research only 65 percent of Indiana women are registered to vote, but only about 50 percent of them voted in the last presidential election.