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Find out more about Women's Equality Day and how women's
leadership has made an impact on the church.
Note: The contents of
the links listed below, except those that are part of
the ELCA or Women of the ELCA Web sites, are not under
the control of the ELCA or Women of the ELCA; they are
the responsibility of the individual Web hosts.
Women of the ELCA
The
national women's organization of the ELCA
builds on the church's strong history of women’s missionary
movements, Bible study, and service.
Get involved.
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Plan a Women's Equality Day soiree on August 26!
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1. Surprise your roommates and/or work
colleagues with a “Happy Women’s Equality Day” cake
to share.
2. Invite your girlfriends over for ice cream
and ask each party-goer to say a little about the woman that
most impacted her life. Don’t forget to discuss
the significance of this day.
3. Have a trivia contest about this day and invite your guy friends. You can use the
Women's Equality Day quiz at right.
4. Invite your pastor to mention Women's
Equality Day in a sermon.
5. Share this article with
members of your congre-gation. While you are at it,
tell them to read Café.
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Web sites of interest
NWHP
The National Women's
History Project's Web site offers information
about Women's History Month and Women's Equality Day.
You can even take the
Women's Equality Day quiz!
Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.
Access a complete timeline of
key events from the American Women's Rights Movement
from this page.
ELCA
Contact the
ELCA's director for Justice for Women with questions
about what the church is doing now.
Our day
Read the
joint resolution of congress, 1971, proclaiming that
Women's Equality Day be observed on August 26.
Title IX says so
The
womensportfoundation.org site offers insightful
information about Title IX, a federal law prohibiting
sex-based discrimination in educational programs or
activities receiving federal funding. It also helps answer questions
around equal rights for women and girls in
athletics.
Photo gallery
Check out a
photo gallery of notable leaders of the
American women's movement.
Books
From Our Mothers' Arms: A History of Women in the
American Lutheran Church, by L. DeAne Langerquist,
Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, 1987.
The Ties That Bind: Women's Public Vision for
Politics Religion, and Civil Society, by Amy Ciazza,
Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C.,
2005.
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