Amazon Quiz (October 4, 2021): August 26 was selected as Women’s Equality Day in the USA, as it was the date when an amendment was passed granting what right to women?

A. Right to vote

B. Right to property

C. Right to take part in the Olympics

D. Right to become President

Answer: Right to vote

Women’s Equality Day is celebrated in the
United States every year on August 26. It is celebrated to commemorate the adoption
of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution
in the year 1920, which prohibits denying the ‘right to vote’ to citizens on the basis of sex.
It was first celebrated in 1971, designated by Congress in 1973, and is
proclaimed each year by the United States President.

The date was chosen in 1920 when Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby signed the proclamation
granting American women the constitutional right to vote. In 1971, following
the 1970 nationwide Women’s Strike for Equality, and again in 1973, as the
battles over the Equal Rights Amendment continued, Congresswoman Bella Abzug of
New York introduced a resolution to designate August 26 as Women’s Equality
Day.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon issued
Proclamation 4147, which designated August 26, 1972, as “Women’s Rights
Day” and was the first official proclamation of Women’s Equality Day.

As of 2018, every president since Richard
Nixon has issued a proclamation designating August 26 as Women’s Equality Day.

Also Read | Amazon Quiz: Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia, pulled out of the 2021 World Wrestling Championship…

Also Read | Amazon Quiz: The flag of which country has been shown in the picture?

Also Read | Amazon Quiz: Janssen pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Belgium, that is a..?

Also Read | Amazon Quiz: This is the CN Tower located in which city?