6 women’s bar association presidents come together to celebrate the right to vote
The presidents of the women’s bar associations from New York City and the head of the statewide bar set aside part of their Saturday on Aug. 8 for “Equalitea,” a celebration and discussion of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Amendment’s passage.
“We got the name for the event because sitting down and talking over tea was one of the earliest ways that the suffragettes spread the word about the importance of women’s right to vote,” said Joy Thompson, president of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY).