Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 83, No. 168 

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 9774 of August 24, 2018 

Women’s Equality Day, 2018 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

On Women’s Equality Day, we commemorate the ratification of the 19th 

Amendment to the Constitution, which secured for women the right to 

vote. The anniversary of this milestone is an appropriate time to reflect 

on the remarkable accomplishments of women in every facet of American 

life. It is also an opportunity to honor women for their leadership in service 

to their families, their communities, and the Nation. 

In the same spirit of the 19th Amendment, we must continue to seek 

an environment of opportunity for all women. My Administration, therefore, 

continues to support the advancement of women throughout our country. 

The economy is growing and increasing opportunities to work and thrive 

as a result of our economic policies, including the enactment of the Tax 

Cuts and Jobs Act and the elimination of unnecessary and burdensome 

regulations. The unemployment rate for women has recently reached a 65- 

year low. We also fought for working parents by securing a doubling of 

the child tax credit, the creation of the dependent care credit, and the 

largest ever expansion of the child and dependent care credit. These familyfriendly reforms will give much-needed financial relief to hardworking parents. Additionally, my Administration recognizes the challenges faced by 

mothers in the workplace due to lack of paid leave and affordable, highquality childcare. That is why my budget this year, as it did last year, 

includes a national paid parental leave program. We continue to call on 

the Congress to enact such a program into law to help women thrive in 

the labor force and provide for their families. Further, we are working 

to enhance access to education and training in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for the next generation of women pursuing careers 

in these fields. 

Today, we celebrate the passion and unwavering dedication of the women 

who struggled and persevered in the fight for suffrage, and we recognize 

the countless ways that women strengthen the fabric of the Nation. We 

all benefit from the leadership and ingenuity of women in education, medicine, government, law, business, military service, and every other field contributing to the greatness of this Nation. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 26, 2018, 

as Women’s Equality Day. I call upon the people of the United States 

to celebrate the achievements of women and observe this day with appropriate programs and activities. 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth 

day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-third. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18928 

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