AND IM SADIE ALL. ON THIS
DAY 99 YEARS AGO...THE 19TH
AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED...GIVING
WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
SINCE THEN...AUGUST 26TH HAS
BEEN RECOGNIZED AS WOMEN'S
EQUALITY DAY.((MIKE)) THIS
AFTERNOON...DEMETRIOS SANDERS
SPENT SOME TIME AT A WOMEN'S
EQUALITY MARCH IN TERRE HAUTE.
HE JOINS US WHY THOSE IN
ATTENDANCE SAY...THIS DAYIS SO
IMPORTANT. DEMETRIOS?
((DEMETRIOS)) MIKE,, SADIE.
SINCE 2012...THE VIGO COUNTY
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS HAVE
HOSTED A MARCH...TO HONOR
WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY...AND
THIS AFTERNOON THAT TRADITION
CONTINUED.<<DEMETRIOS SANDERS
REPORTING:MONDAY'S WET
WEATHER....DIDN'T STOP DOZENS
OF VALLEY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
FROM MARCHING THROUGH ISU'S
CAMPUS.IT IS PART OF THE 8TH
ANNUAL WOMEN'S EQUALITY
MARCH...HOSTED BY THE VIGO
COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.
CAROSA JOHNSON, MARCH
PARTICIPANT: I WANT WOMEN TO
FEEL LIKE WHATEVER A MAN CAN
DO, I CAN DO TOO. JAUNICE
LEE, MARCH PARTICIPANT: IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT
MENTALITY OF YES WE CAN.DURING
THE EVENT...COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAD TO CHANCE TO LISTEN TO
SEVERAL INSPIRATIONAL
SPEAKERS...CREATE SIGNS...AND
OF COURSE...MARCH.SOME
PARTICIPANTS OF THE MARCH SAYS
SEEING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT
BACKRGOUNDS SUPPORT A CAUSE IS
WHAT MAKES THIS TYPE OF EVENT
SPECIAL. LUKE BRANSON, MARCH
PARTICIPANT: I THINK THIS
DEMONSTRATION IS A LOT MORE
POWERFUL WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE
FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS
AT IT RATHER THAN SIMPLY JUST
THE WOMEN. LEADERS OF THE
MARCH SAY...THEY HOPED TO NOT
ONLY RECOGNIZE THE 99TH
ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN'S
SUFFRAGE....BUT ALSO STRESS
THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING AS A
WHOLE. CAROLYN CALLECOD,
PRESIDENT OF VIGO COUNTY
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS: PEOPLE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR
VOTE IS ALSO THEIR VOICE AND
FOR DEMOCRACY TO CONTINUE, WE
NEED TO BE ENGAGED. AND
ALTHOUGH....MUCH PROGRESS HAS
BEEN MADE SINCE
1920....CALLECOD SAYS THE
FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S VOTING
RIGHTS MUST STILL CONTINUE.
CAROLYN CALLECOD: WE ALSO HAVE
OBSTACLES COMING TODAY WITH
DIFFERENT RULES THAT NEED TO
MET IN ORDER TO REGISTER TO
VOTE BUT WE'LL KEEP FIGHTING
ON. NAT SOUND: TO HELP FRAME
STATUTES AND DETERMINE WHO
SHE'LL RULE >>((DEMETRIOS))
DURING THE MARCH....THE LEAGUE
OF WOMEN VOTERS ALSO
DISTRIBUTED REPLICAS OF A 20
DOLLAR BILL FEATURING HARRIET
TUBMAN...TO HONOR HER BEING
CHOSEN AS THE NEW FACE FOR THE
BILL. MIKE?
((MIKE)) THANK YOU DEMETRIOS.
AUGUST 26TH OF 2020 WILL MARK
100 YEARS OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.
((MIKE)) TODAY.. THE WABASH
