Powerful Bay Area Women Are A Force To Be Reckoned With On Women's Equality Day
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Women's Equality Day was celebrated across the country Wednesday, marking the 95th anniversary of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote.
That fight for equality is still being waged after a century and Bay Area women are in the vanguard.
Attorney General Kamala Harris is in headlines every day, battling for justice. Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Nancy Pelosi represent the Bay Area in Washington, yet in fact, women make up just 20% of the Senate and 19% of Congress.
Some of the most powerful women in business lead Bay Area tech companies. Marissa Mayer (Google), Cheryl Sandberg (Facebook) and Safra Katz (Oracle) are just three in a long list of movers and shakers, but nationally, women comprise only 5% of CEO positions, according to the Pew Research Center.
Many took to Twitter to trumpet the power of women -- celebrating the quintessential yin, in a sea of yang.
Amazingly, hundreds struck a pose like our very own Rosie the Riveter, or turned a phrase like our beloved Maya Angelou, mirroring Bay Area women as a model of strength, a voice for the people, and a force to be reckoned with.
Equal Work=Equal Pay=Equal Protection=Equal Rights=Equal. On this National Women's Equality Day, we support #ERAnow pic.twitter.com/19L0y3Va6D
— Jordan Roth (@Jordan_Roth) August 26, 2015
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@HamiltonMusical @JasCephasJones @reneeelisegolds @Phillipasoo Let's give her a better future. pic.twitter.com/NWt1pLCM3f
— Pam Shoop (@Swoop1fan) August 26, 2015
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Today is #WomensEqualityDay! Here are 11 of our favorite quotes about gender equality: http://t.co/dhT2d4vyTj pic.twitter.com/zPGEOpYky7
— IdentitiesMic (@IDsMic) August 26, 2015
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@BlackGirlsCode @VolunteerBGCNY @VolunteerBGCATL @VolunteerBGCMIA "Happy Women's Equality Day"!!! #womenrock pic.twitter.com/oCrCYAsb9w
— Beyond The Cookie (@getthemcookies) August 26, 2015
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Happy Women's Equality Day! Representing all the women, salute ???? http://t.co/AbnRIdtv8U @LittleMix #WomensEqualityDay pic.twitter.com/5S0N3LM7QP
— LilMixUpdater (@LilMixUpdater) August 26, 2015
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CBSSF.com writer, producer Jan Mabry is also executive producer and host of The Bronze Report. She lives in Northern California. Follow her on Twitter @janmabr.
