Women's Equality Day August 26, 2021 Reviving the Legacy

United States Department of Agriculture

“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made... It shouldn't be that women are the exception.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg "Voting is the best way to honor generations of women who paved the way for me." ~ VP Kamala Harris

49th Vice President of the United States Kamala D. Harris The first female, Black American and South Asian American elected as Vice President.

"...I believe, resolutely, that if we want to strengthen democracy, we must fight for gender equality..." ~ VP Kamala Harris Vice President Kamala D. Harris' journey to the White House.

This month, USDA celebrates the Women's Equality Day and recognizes the contributions our women and colleagues make to drive our Nation forward toward a better, safer, healthier, and more equitable tomorrow for all women. Welcome Angilla Denton, Chief Risk Officer, RD

Leadership Remarks Dr. Jewel Bronaugh Deputy Secretary, USDA

Introduction of 1st Speaker Michael Dukes, Management Analyst, OASCR

1st Guest Speaker Barbara Rater Director of the Census and Survey Division, NASS

Erin Phelps Branch Chief, Risk Management, FS [Women in Fire]

Lauren Wesson Senior Equal Opportunity Specialist, OASCR [Gender Equity]

USDA Staff Gender Equality Slideshow

Introduction of 2nd Speaker Shalon Santana, Assistant to the Director, AMS

Guest Speaker Patricia McMahon Lead Outreach and Education Coordinator, EEOC [Trailblazers & Equal Pay]

Closing Remarks Lauren Wesson

Speakers

Dr. Jewel Bronaugh Barbara Rater Deputy Secretary of Director of the Census and Survey Agriculture Division, NASS

Patricia McMahon Erin Phelps Lead Outreach and Branch Chief, Education Coordinator, Risk Management, FS EEOC July 19-20, 1848 October 16, 1916

Seneca Falls Convention First Birth Control Clinic in the U.S. The first women's rights convention Margaret Sanger opens America's organized by women, including first birth control clinic in Brooklyn suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton — Sanger's efforts led to the and Lucretia Mott, is held at Seneca creation of today's Planned Falls, New York, sparking the Parenthood. movement that leads to the passage of the 19th Amendment.

How it started.

August 26, 1920 May 20, 1932

American Women Gain the Right to Vote A Woman Did That? The U.S. Congress adopts the 19th Amelia Earhart becomes the first Amendment, also known as the woman and second pilot ever to fly 'Susan B. Anthony Amendment,' solo nonstop across the Atlantic. giving women the right to vote. December 1, 1955 January 22, 1973

This Seat is Taken Roe v. Wade Black seamstress Rosa Parks refuses In a historic decision in the Roe v. to give up her seat to a white man on Wade case, the U.S. Supreme Court a bus in Montgomery, helping to affirms women's constitutional launch the civil rights movement. right to abortion.

June 18, 1983 January 20, 2021

The Sky's the Limit A New Beginning

Flying on the Space Shuttle Kamala Harris is sworn in as the first Challenger, Sally Ride becomes woman and first woman-of-color Vice the first American woman in President of the United States. space.

How it's going. Gender Equality Trailblazers

Dr. Jewel Bronaugh Monica Rainge Deputy Secretary, USDA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, USDA

Dr. Janet Yellen Debra Haaland Gina Raimondo Marcia Fudge Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Dr. Cecilia Rouse Isabel Guzman Jennifer Granholm Avril Haines Katherine Tai Linda Thomas-Greenfield Chair of Council of Administrator of the Small Secretary, Department of Energy Director of National U.S. Trade Representative U.S. Ambassador to the Economic Advisers Business Administration Intelligence United Nations

Nancy Pelosi Maxine Waters Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez Elise Stefanik Stacy Abrams Dr. Rachel Levine Minority Leader, Georgia Speaker of the House of Representatives House of Representatives House of Representatives Assistant Secretary for Health House of Representatives House of Representatives California, 43rd District New York, 14th District New York, 21st District (2011-2017)

Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan Amy Coney Barrett Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Associate Supreme Court Associate Supreme Court Associate Supreme Court Associate Justice Justice Justice Justice (1993-2020)

Anna Valencia Mary Elizabeth Taylor City Clerk of Chicago Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs (2018-2020)

Michelle Obama Mackenzie Scott Melanie Campbell First Lady of the United States Novelist and Philanthropist President/CEO, National Coalition (2009-2016) of Civic Participation USDA Agencies and Offices Office of the Secretary| Departmental Administration | Office of the General Counsel Office of the Inspector General | Office of Communication | Office of the Executive Secretariat Office of the Chief Information Officer | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Office of the Chief Financial Officer | Office of Congressional Relations Office of Energy and Environmental Policy | Office of Budget and Program Analysis Office of Chief Economist |Office of Trial Relations | National Appeals Division Agricultural Marketing Service | Agricultural Research Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion Economic Research Service | Farm Service Agency | Farm Production and Conservation Business Center Food and Nutrition Service | Food Safety and Inspetion Service |Foreign Agricultural Service Forest Service | National Agricultural Library |National Agricultural Statistics Service National Institute of Food and Agriculture | National Food Conservation Service Risk Management Agency |Rural Business Cooperative Service | Rural Housing Service Rural Utilities Service | Rural Development | Office of Operations & Management

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