Staff reports
Lakeport >> The Democratic Party of Lake County will host the grand opening of its United Democratic Campaign Headquarters on Women’s Equality Day Friday.
The open house is from 3 to 6 p.m. at 390 N. Main St. in Lakeport. Light refreshments will be served.
Campaign material for Secretary Hillary Clinton and the party’s endorsed democratic women in Lake County, Cecilia Aguire-Curry for Assembly District 4 and Monica Rosenthal for District 1 Lake County supervisor, will be available.
At the behest of Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY), in 1971 the U.S. Congress designated Aug. 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.”
The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. This was the culmination of a massive, peaceful civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world’s first women’s rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York.
The observance of Women’s Equality Day not only commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, but also calls attention to women’s continuing efforts toward full equality,
Becky Curry of the Democratic Party of Lake County said in a statement. Democratic leaders, volunteers and candidates in Lake County are highlighting women’s accomplishments and urge more women to register and vote.
Lake County Democrats want to turn that support into victories in Congress, the Legislature and local level, Curry said.
For more information contact the Democratic Party of Lake County at (707) 533-4885 or democratsoflakecounty@gmail.com, or visit https://www.facebook.com/LakeCountyDemocrats/.
