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BY ROXY SZAL | Today is Women's Equality Day, commemorating 100 years since the 19th Amendment was added to the Constitution. But suffragists were not a single-issue group; many took part in the the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment—which continues to this day. 

BY WENDY CHUN-HOON & ERIKA WASHINGTON | "The suffrage movement that organized, picketed, fasted, spoke out and endured arrests, beatings, force feedings and other forms of torment, would not have succeeded without the leadership and engagement of many women of color."

BY ANTONIA KIRKLAND | “In the United States, August 26 is celebrated as ‘Women’s Equality Day’… However, ‘Women’s Equality Day’ is a bit of a misnomer because the U.S. Constitution does not in fact guarantee equality of the sexes. While women’s suffrage is constitutionally protected, no where does the Constitution prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex.”