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Celebrating Women’s Equality Day at the Swan Boats

The Swan Boats in the Boston Public Garden have been the setting for The Women’s Suffrage Celebration Coalition program for Women’s Equality Day, August 26 for the past several years. The giant swans wear replica “Votes for Women” sashes, as do many of the speakers and attendees.

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Press Release: Women’s Equality Day 2023

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michelle Juralewicz Suffrage100MA  (617) 721-4014 michelle.juralewicz@suffrage100ma.org  Suffrage100MA, Our Bodies Ourselves Today and Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement Host Women’s Equality Day in Boston Addressing Women’s Health and Maternal Health Crisis for Women of Color BOSTON, Mass. (August 23, 2023) — Suffrage100MA, in partnership with the Boston Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement […]

Women’s Equality Day 2023

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Suffrage100MA’s 2023 Women’s Equality Day commemoration took place at the Boston Public Garden’s Swan Boats on August 22, 2023! This annual event recognizes the adoption of the 19th Amendment into the US Constitution, Aug. 26, 1920, and also acknowledges that other laws needed to be changed so that Black, Native American and Asian American women […]

Women’s Equality Day 2022

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Thanks to everyone who joined Suffrage100MA and the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement on August 24, 2022 at the Boston Pubic Garden to Commemorate Women’s Equality Day 2022 Focus On: Reproductive Rights & Voting See below for photos of the celebration! And view our Facebook Live stream of the event. Special thanks to our speakers: […]

Women’s Equality Day 2019

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For this year’s Women’s Equality Day, Suffrage100MA honored   Sheroes: African American Suffragists of Massachusetts Maria Louise Baldwin Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin Sojourner Truth Thank you to the many people and organizations who made this year’s Women’s Equality Day event such a warm and inspiring occasion: Guest speakers: Katrina Huff-Larmond, Tanisha Sullivan, Marita Rivero, Stephen […]

Women’s Equality Day 2018

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In 2018 Women’s Equality Day was celebrated at the Swan Boats on August 23. The program included author Barbara Berenson, Judith Kalaora as “Lucy Stone,” and remarks from MassVOTE Executive Director Cheryl Clyburn Crawford. Once again City Hall and the Zakim Bridge were awash with purple for Women’s Equality Day.

Women’s Equality Day 2017

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The Women’s Equality Day celebration at the Swan Boats on August 24, 2017 featured the unveiling of the Women’s Suffrage Panels that are on display at the Commonwealth Museum. Secretary of State William Galvin was the keynote speaker. In honor of Women’s Equality Day, the Zakim Bridge was awash in purple, white and gold, and the “BOSTON” lights of City Hall were purple the night of August 26, 2017.

Women’s Equality Day 2016

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On August 26, 2016, the Women’s Suffrage Celebration Coalition and the Boston Mayor’s Office for the Advancement of Women celebrated the 96th anniversary of the 19th Amendment at the Swan Boats. Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and Massachusetts State Representative Denise Provost were our featured speakers.

Women’s Equality Day 2011

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On April 26, 2011, the City of Boston, Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, and the WSCC joined together at the Swan Boats in Boston to celebrate Women’s Equality Day, to designate the Swan Boats as a Boston Landmark Showcase, and to follow the new Boston Women’s Heritage Trail map with a stroll through a portion of the trail.