<P> The Women 's Strike for Equality was a strike which took place in the United States on August 26 , 1970 . It celebrated the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment , which effectively gave American women the right to vote . The rally was sponsored by the National Organization for Women ( NOW ) . More than 20,000 women gathered for the protest in New York City and throughout the country . At this time , the gathering was the largest on behalf of women in the United States . The strike primarily focused on equal opportunity in the workforce , political rights for women , and social equality in relationships such as marriage . It also addressed the right to have an abortion and free childcare , but these were more controversial positions which more conservative women , including pro-life feminists , generally did not agree with at the time . </P>
<P> The Women 's Strike for Equality was a strike which took place in the United States on August 26 , 1970 . It celebrated the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment , which effectively gave American women the right to vote . The rally was sponsored by the National Organization for Women ( NOW ) . More than 20,000 women gathered for the protest in New York City and throughout the country . At this time , the gathering was the largest on behalf of women in the United States . The strike primarily focused on equal opportunity in the workforce , political rights for women , and social equality in relationships such as marriage . It also addressed the right to have an abortion and free childcare , but these were more controversial positions which more conservative women , including pro-life feminists , generally did not agree with at the time . </P>
what was now hoping to bring attention to when it held the national womens strike for equality
what was now hoping to bring attention to when it held the national womens strike for equality
equal opportunity in the workforce
equal opportunity in the workforce