To commemorate the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, the U.S. Congress [FR1] designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day in 1973. The Amendment granted women rights previously available to men only, making this date essential in the continuous fight for equal rights. It gave a momentous boost to women’s ongoing struggles to achieve social, professional, and financial independence, and to overcome the open treatment of women as “second-class citizens”.
This day allows for reflection on the impact of the women’s suffrage movement that arose at the end of the nineteenth century, in which many women made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for a better, more balanced, and less male-dominated future, in which people have the same opportunities, regardless of gender identification.
The day also allows for reflection on the gains that women have made in the fight for equality since 1920 and their impact on society, as well as the work that remains to be done today in the ongoing struggle for gender equality in the USA. Recent years have seen growing use of the term feminism across the board, including by men proclaiming themselves as allies standing with women, alongside an increase in the numbers of women and women of color taking leadership positions in government.
In order to address these themes, Frontiers is launching a Research Topic on the rise of women’s voices and the fight for equal rights within the US context in which the day is celebrated. In this volume, we encourage authors to reflect on topics such as, but not limited to:
- The evolution of the educational system;
- Women’s access to basic education/higher education;
- The impact and influence of women’s right to vote on the instruction of women;
- The weight of social heteronormative gender norms in schools;
- Gender-responsive education planning and development;
-Women’s leadership in US education and policy.
Moreover, we aim to develop an intersectional focus on women’s inequalities in the American society, analyzing themes such as discrimination in the education system based on gender, and the intersections between women’s gender and race, ethnicity, ability, sexual identity, socio-economic status and other social constructs.
We encourage international and comparative research, reviews of research, evaluation studies of equity efforts, and biographies of leaders in the field.
To commemorate the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, the U.S. Congress [FR1] designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day in 1973. The Amendment granted women rights previously available to men only, making this date essential in the continuous fight for equal rights. It gave a momentous boost to women’s ongoing struggles to achieve social, professional, and financial independence, and to overcome the open treatment of women as “second-class citizens”.
This day allows for reflection on the impact of the women’s suffrage movement that arose at the end of the nineteenth century, in which many women made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for a better, more balanced, and less male-dominated future, in which people have the same opportunities, regardless of gender identification.
The day also allows for reflection on the gains that women have made in the fight for equality since 1920 and their impact on society, as well as the work that remains to be done today in the ongoing struggle for gender equality in the USA. Recent years have seen growing use of the term feminism across the board, including by men proclaiming themselves as allies standing with women, alongside an increase in the numbers of women and women of color taking leadership positions in government.
In order to address these themes, Frontiers is launching a Research Topic on the rise of women’s voices and the fight for equal rights within the US context in which the day is celebrated. In this volume, we encourage authors to reflect on topics such as, but not limited to:
- The evolution of the educational system;
- Women’s access to basic education/higher education;
- The impact and influence of women’s right to vote on the instruction of women;
- The weight of social heteronormative gender norms in schools;
- Gender-responsive education planning and development;
-Women’s leadership in US education and policy.
Moreover, we aim to develop an intersectional focus on women’s inequalities in the American society, analyzing themes such as discrimination in the education system based on gender, and the intersections between women’s gender and race, ethnicity, ability, sexual identity, socio-economic status and other social constructs.
We encourage international and comparative research, reviews of research, evaluation studies of equity efforts, and biographies of leaders in the field.