Women's Equality Day.

0:03 Caalaruga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison in Today's theme is Women's Equality Day, the Nineteenth Amendment, pioneering women and milestones in the fight for equal rights. Question one. Women's Equality Day is observed annually to mark the moment the Nineteenth Amendment became law. On what date is it celebrated and what specific event does it commemorate. Question two, the thirty sixth and final state needed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, tipped the balance in August nineteen twenty after a young legislator changed his vote following a letter from his mother.

0:43 Which state was it and who cast the decisive vote? Question three? Who was the first woman elected to the US Congress and from which state was she elected? Question four, which nineteen seventy two US law, often summarized in thirty seven words, prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal funding, reshaping opportunities for women and girls in academics and athletics. Question five. Before the mid nineteen seventies, many banks required a husband or father to co sign for a woman's credit card or loan, which nineteen seventy four law outlawed this by prohibiting lenders from discriminating on the basis of sex or marital status. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one.

1:52 When is Women's Equality Day and what does it commemorate? Answer August twenty sixth the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment in nineteen twenty. Women's Equality Day falls on August twenty sixth, marking the nineteen twenty certification of the Nineteenth Amendment. At the urging of repend BELLA. Abzug, Congress first recognized the observance in nineteen seventy three. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby issued the certification, though many women of color still faced barriers until later legislation, like the Voting Rights Act of nineteen sixty five. Question two. Which state delivered the final ratification in nineteen twenty and which lawmaker changed his vote? Answer? Tennessee repor Harry T. Burn. Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on August eighteenth, nineteen twenty, after State Representative Harry T.

2:40 Burn switched to support suffrage influenced by a letter from his mother, feb Ensminger Burn. That vote provided the thirty sixth ratification needed to adopt the amendment. Question three First women elected to Congress and her state Answer Janette Rankin of Montana, elected nineteen sixteen. Janet Rankin won election in nineteen sixteen and took her seat in nineteen seventeen as the first woman in Congress. A committed pacifist, she famously voted against US entry into World War One and was the only member of Congress to vote against declaring war on Japan in nineteen forty one. Question four. Name the nineteen seventy two law banning sex discrimination in federally funded education? Answer Title ninth of the Education Amendments of nineteen seventy two.

3:25 Title ninth bars sex based discrimination across schools and colleges that receive federal funds. While famous for expanding athletic opportunities, it also addresses admissions, academic programs, and responses to sexual harassment and assault. Question five What nineteen seventy four law barred sex and marital status discrimination in lending? Answer? The Equal Credit Opportunity Act e CoA. The e CoA made it illegal for creditors to deny or restrict credit because of sex or marital status, allowing women to obtain credit in their own names. Amendments and regulations later strengthened its enforcement and broadened protected categories. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.