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Women’s Equality Day observance highlights struggle for voting
U.S. Army Maj. Jeffrey Ellis, Fort Eustis Regimental Memorial Chapel family life chaplain, and Sgt. 1st Class Patricia Conyers, U.S. Army School of Music vocal instructor, listen to a speech during a Women’s Equality Day observance presentation at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Aug. 27, 2019. Women’s Equality Day was established in 1971 to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment, which legally recognized women as equal citizens and gave them the right to vote. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monica Roybal)