Theme: Continuing To Make History
The Department of Defense (DoD) recognizes August 26, 2023, as Women’s Equality Day.
On this day, we celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guarantees all American women the right to vote. The amendment changed federal law and the face of the American electorate forever. Women’s Equality Day is also about recognizing the contributions and achievements of others in their fight to be equal in other areas.
As an employer of choice, DoD is committed to ensure we create an environment for all women to serve freely and safely. We embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and acknowledge our commitment to afford women the opportunities to represent our nation as role models, mentors, and leaders at the highest levels within the Department.
Below is a sampling of LRC books in support of Women's Equality Day. These books are either available for check out from the LRC or can be accessed online as eBooks through our EBSCOhost eBook database (login credentials are posted on Blackboard or see LRC staff).
eBooks available through EBSCOhost database
Following the drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment by ISBN: 9781597973854Publication Date: 2009-04-01
I wish I'd known this: 6 Career-Accelerating secrets for women leaders by ISBN: 9781523000982Publication Date: 2022-08-16
Recasting the vote: How women of color transformed the Suffrage Movement by ISBN: 9781469659329Publication Date: 2020-11-16
Women's quick facts: Compelling data on why women matter by ISBN: 9781683502265Publication Date: 2016-11-08
Women and war in the 21st Century: A country-by-country guide by ISBN: 9781440857652Publication Date: 2018-08-17
Books available in the LRC and which are on display
To serve my country, to serve my race: The story of the only African American WACS stationed overseas during World War II by Call Number: UB418 .A47 M66 1996ISBN: 9780814755228Publication Date: 1996-01-01
She votes: How U.S. women won suffrage, and what happened next by Call Number: JK1898 .Q56 2020ISBN: 9781452173160Publication Date: 2020-08-11
Women in action: Rebels and reformers 1920-1980 by Call Number: HQ1391 .U5 P47 1995ISBN: 0899593895Publication Date: 1995-02-01
Suffrage: Women's long battle for the vote by Call Number: JK1896 .D77 2020ISBN: 9781501165160Publication Date: 2020-02-25
Running from bondage: Enslaved women and their remarkable fight for freedom in Revolutionary America by Call Number: E446 .C66 2021ISBN: 9781108831543Publication Date: 2021-07-01
Fight Like a Girl: The truth behind how female Marines are trained by Call Number: VE23 .G47 2018ISBN: 9781633884137Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Women of the blue and gray: True Civil War stories of mothers, medics, soldiers, and spies by Call Number: E628 .M67 2018ISBN: 9781629724157Publication Date: 2018-08-07
The light we carry: Overcoming in uncertain times by Call Number: E909 .O24 A3 2022ISBN: 9780593237465Publication Date: 2022-11-15
Women and the military: Global lives in focus by Call Number: UB416 .B45 2021ISBN: 9781440860225Publication Date: 2021-04-07
Some of the information on this page was borrowed from the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute's Special Observances page for Women's Equality Day.