“I want young girls and boys to come here
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10, 20, 100 years from now
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to know that women fought for equality; it was not just given to them. … I want them to be astonished that there was ever a time when women earned less than men for doing the same work.”
Watch more here: http://on.msnbc.com/1Q4W3Ak
Today, in honor of International Women’s Day, we’re honoring some smart ladies — Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
When Kagan was appointed in 2010, it ushered in the first time in U.S. history that three women have served on the Supreme Court bench. Learn more about them here.
Watch this space: We’ll be featuring more women who have been essential to history. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat for more updates throughout the month of March. In the meantime, take our quiz to test your knowledge of Women’s History Month.
Relive the highlights here: http://on.msnbc.com/1LyN12a
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Signed in 1965 by then-President Lyndon Johnson, the VRA is hailed as one of the most successful civil rights laws in the country’s history. Read the full story here.
— President Lyndon Johnson, as he signs the Voting Rights Act into law on August 6, 1965.
Watch the video here.
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