<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>
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