On August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment was adopted to the U.S. Constitution, granting some – though not all – American women the right to vote. 100 years later, relative equality at the ballot box has not been matched by equity in business, politics, the military, family life, and even retirement.
On August 24, as part of 19A: The Brookings Gender Equality Series, Brookings hosted a webinar to examine the state of gender equality today and what needs to be done to achieve full equality for women in our society.
Tina Tchen, CEO of TIME’S UP Foundation and former executive director of the White House Council on Women and Girls offered keynote remarks, followed by a conversation with Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state. Susan Ware, who serves as the honorary women’s suffrage centennial historian at the Radcliffe Institute’s Schlesinger Library at Harvard, provided a brief historical overview of the women’s suffrage movement. Then, Brookings experts Camille Busette, Elaine Kamarck, Isabel Sawhill, and Makada Henry-Nickie convened a panel discussion to examine how gender equality has evolved since the amendment’s passage and what public reforms could address gender-based inequalities that persist today.
Viewers can submit questions for speakers by emailing [email protected] or via Twitter @BrookingsInst by using #19A.
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Agenda
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August 24
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Welcome
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Introduction and moderator
Camille Busette Vice President and Director - Governance Studies, Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative @CamilleBusette -
Keynote remarks
Tina Tchen President and CEO - TIME'S UP Foundation and TIME'S UP Now, Former Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama @TinaTchen -
Moderated conversation
Panelist
Madeleine Albright Chair - Albright Stonebridge Group, Chair - National Democratic Institute, Former U.S. Secretary of State @madeleine -
Historical overview
Susan Ware Honorary Women’s Suffrage Centennial Historian - Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University -
Discussants
Makada Henry-Nickie Executive Director - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Former Nonresident Fellow - Governance StudiesElaine Kamarck Founding Director - Center for Effective Public Management, Senior Fellow - Governance Studies @EKamarckIsabel V. Sawhill Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity @isawhill
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