National Women's Equality Day: 10 Inspiring Quotes On Anniversary Of 19th Amendment

National Women's Equality Day is marked annually on Aug. 26 to commemorate the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which gave women the right to vote.

Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president, officially declared the date as women's rights day in 1972. Since then, every U.S. president has issued a proclamation for the day.

In 2020, Donald Trump, in his proclamation, said: "Women are an essential part of the political, economic, and social fabric of our Nation. All American women — regardless of the role they play in the workplace or at home — contribute every day to the success of our great country. In addition to being homemakers, caregivers, mothers, and counselors, along with a host of other important roles, women also fill critical jobs in every sector of our economy, contributing to the financial security of their families and our Nation."

To celebrate this day, here are 10 quotes from inspiring women:

1. "You don't have to be anti-man to be pro-woman." – Jane Galvin Lewis

2. "I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns." – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

3. “The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." – Ayn Rand

4. "I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side." – Maya Angelou

5. "As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." – Virginia Woolf

6. "The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own. There is no other way." – Betty Friedan

7. "We've begun to raise daughters more like sons ... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters." – Gloria Steinem

8. "We must raise both the ceiling and the floor." – Sheryl Sandberg

9. "No matter what issues I have with feminism, I am a feminist. I cannot and will not deny the importance and absolute necessity of feminism. Like most people, I am full of contradictions, but I also don’t want to be treated like shit for being a woman. I am a bad feminist. I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all." – Roxane Gay

10. "A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult." — Melinda Gates