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Celebrating Women’s Equality Day!

By: Jennifer Joy Jiménez
Updated: August 26, 2020
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Celebrating Women’s Equality Day!

Congratulations to all of us as women as we pause our busy lives to remember to appreciate our freedom to vote and how far we’ve come in the last century!

And I truly feel it’s crucial for us to remember we are standing on the shoulders of giants! The freedoms we enjoy today and the freedoms our daughters and granddaughters and great-granddaughters enjoy is due to the hard-earned freedom won by the amazing women who have come before us. 

Celebrating Women's Equality Day!

These women could not not vote.

These women could not own their own property.

These women could not have their own bank account.

The Awakening (1915). Source: Public Domain
The Awakening (1915). Source: Public Domain

These women could not own their own business.

And these women had a DREAM!

League of Women Voters meeting in 1924 - Source: Public Domain
League of Women Voters meeting in 1924 – Source: Public Domain

A dream to be seen as equal and capable members of society with the same rights as men.

Let’s take a brief walk down memory lane… 

A brief history of this day

Women’s Equality Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment in the U.S. Constitution, granting the right to vote to women. The amendment was first introduced in 1878, and was certified more than a century ago, one week after it was passed in 1920.

It came almost 30 years after New Zealand became the world’s first self-governing country to allow women to vote in parliamentary elections in 1893, when Lord Glasgow signed an Electoral Act. Today, New Zealand is led by Jacinda Ardern, who became her country’s first female Prime Minister in 2017.

Some people celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment on August 18th when it was ratified. Others celebrate it on August 26th, when the Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification in 1920, changing the face of the American electorate forever.

Although the right to vote for Black Americans was still denied, and there is still work to do to achieve full racial equality, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 secured the right to vote for all Americans under law.

In 1971, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day.

The passing of the 19th Amendment allowed my grandmother the right to vote, and my mother the right to vote, myself, my daughter and all women alive today and all women to come, the right to not only vote, but to follow our dreams, and fulfill our greatest purpose.

Despite becoming a teen mom, my mother not only fulfilled her dream of becoming a teacher in the school classroom, but eventually she followed a greater calling to become a thought leader and transformational teacher to hundreds of thousands.

My mother is definitely one of my greatest inspirations.

She was one of the most successful women in “New Thought”’ ministry.

She’s one of the very few women in the personal growth industry for over 40 years.

She’s one of the most successful women “thought leaders,” in a field of mostly men.

Mary Morrissey - Life Coach Certification Training Program

My mother among the other women in the personal growth industry deserve our thanks and deep appreciation for paving the way for the rest of us. But back when my Mom began in the human potential movement there were mostly spiritual centers and ministry. She had to go to occult bookstores to find books on the human potential movement. The only “coaches” people knew about were for sports. Life coaching was not something people were doing back then, nor investing in.

And today, she and her company have trained and certified thousands of successful life coaches, providing them with a proven, repeatable, and reliable system that allows them to make a monumental difference in the lives of people around the world.

I’m extremely grateful for the hard-worn road less traveled she has walked, paving the way for myself, and thousands of women who are now inspired to serve in the personal development industry.

And this is true for so many other industries!

NASA astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to go to space on June 18, 1983, when she launched on the space shuttle Challenger with mission STS-7.

Sally Ride - photo by NASA
Sally Ride – Source: NASA

Or Sofia Ionescu, a Romanian doctor who stepped up and became the world’s first woman neurosurgeon during the 1944 bombing of Bucharest, successfully saving the life of an injured boy when there was a shortage of medical staff.

Or Katherine Johnson, the pioneering mathematician (and “Hidden Figures” hero) who worked for NASA from 1953 to 1988. She helped send the first U.S. astronauts to space, including the Apollo missions to the moon. 

Katherine Johnson photo by NASA
Katherine Johnson. Source: NASA

And so many more women who have followed their dreams, especially the ones who overcame all the odds and difficult obstacles to truly fulfill their purpose and potential.

Gone are the days where we were told we have to be either a stay-at-home mother, teacher or nurse. (Not that there’s anything wrong with being a stay-at-home mom, if that’s your dream – a shout out to all the amazing moms out there.)

I love this quote by William Golding…

What will you multiply and make even greater than we ever thought possible?

“Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she’ll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she’ll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she’ll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she’ll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.”

I feel it’s our obligation to our higher power and to these women who came before us, not to squander our days away on meaningless tasks, just going through the motions and doing work that doesn’t inspire us or ignite us.

Now, with our full freedom, we get to dream what might appear to be impossible, wild dreams, and accomplish them! I’m not saying it doesn’t take determination, grit, perseverance, bold inspired action, doing it afraid, courage and confidence! It does, all of that and more. But what is life really for, but to not live it to its fullest?

It’s never been easier than ever before to create wonderful, life-giving work that lights you up with joy!

Now, I am living the life of my dreams, with the right to vote, and being able to own my own home, and own my own business, the business of my dreams that I absolutely love. I have this freedom because of the hard work of the amazing women who came before me. And to them I will be forever indebted.

THANK YOU, MOM!

Mary Morrissey, Thought Leader | Jennifer Joy Jimenez, Transformational Health Coach - Mother / Daughter picture

I want to thank all the women who came before us, both those who are no longer alive and those who have fought this just fight and are still with us. Thank you brave souls, for all you have done to win our freedom to vote and to equal treatment.

Many of the women suffragists are role models for persistence who show both how hard and how important it is to try to move society towards justice and equality. And their success proves it can be done. They made it possible to win democracy for half the country. In their honor, take action where you are remembering and celebrating the achievements of the women who won the vote. Their spirit embodies the democratic values we share and demonstrates, unmistakably, women’s ability to succeed.

Women are powerful!

We still have a ways to go to earn and experience total equality, with equal pay, and equal treatment for women of all ages, races, and abilities. I personally feel it’s in our hands – especially for the privileged women to stand up for those less fortunate. 

And I do believe that it’s our right to stand in our power and ask for what we are worth, and what we deserve. Most women don’t earn what they are worth, not because they can’t, but because they simply don’t ask for it. So, amazing women – we ARE WORTHY – go out there, follow your dreams, stand in your power, and ask for, and CLAIM what you are worth!

Over the past 10 years I experienced much growth, I have transformed from a penniless professional dancer to a highly-prosperous, self-made entrepreneur! This was an inside-out job. No one was suppressing me, but my own limiting thinking. I believe the sky isn’t the limit – as Norman Vincent Peale, author of The Power of Positive Thinking, once said, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you‘ll land among the stars.”

What is your dream? What are you doing to create a life you love living?

Amazing woman – what will you do to honor the power breathing you, the women who came before you, and bring forth your dreams? Share a comment for our amazing community below. We love to hear from you!

Here’s to creating an amazing life of our dreams!

Jennifer
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About Jennifer Joy Jiménez

Jennifer Joy Jiménez

Best described as “pure joy in motion”, Jennifer Joy Jiménez is the founder of the Health & Wellbeing Division of Brave Thinking Institute, and she's a world renown transformational coach, international speaker & author, and the creator of the highly acclaimed conscious dance modality, TranscenDance™

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Comments

  1. Jennifer Jiménez

    August 30, 2020 at 1:36 am

    Hi Cathy, thank you for shedding light on this point

    I updated the post accordingly

    Reply
  2. Cathy Jackson

    August 26, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    This is Women’s Equality Day for white women. Black women were unable to vote until 1965 with the Voting Rights Act.

    Reply
  3. Katherine Augustine

    August 26, 2020 at 7:19 pm

    What a wonderful tribute! Thank you, Jennifer, and to your Mom and all of the women pioneers and leaders! I am very grateful on this day!

    Reply
  4. Lisa from Maine and Vancouver USA

    August 26, 2020 at 5:52 pm

    This was beautiful and so inspiring, Jennifer.
    I am on fire writing a book that will uplift humanity and am grateful for you and Mary
    and all my mentors and for the Sacred who have helped me every step of the way.
    Maximum gratitude!!!
    Lisa

    Reply
  5. Susan De Lorenzo

    August 26, 2020 at 5:19 pm

    Terrific, Jennifer. Really enjoyed it. Deeply inspiring. I feel the torch being passed to us all 🙂

    Reply
  6. Amadou Tunkara

    August 26, 2020 at 4:18 pm

    Hello everyone I am so glad to hear this message it’s really beautiful God bless all the woman around the world????????

    Reply
  7. Laura

    August 26, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    I love it!

    Reply

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