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Women’s Equality Day: Female leaders blaze a trail in military medicine
August 29, 2022 — While countless groundbreaking women paved the way, an all-female leadership team is blazing new trails in modern military medicine. As a first for military medicine here, there’s a female commanding general and deputy/vice commander at the helm of the 59th Medical Wing and Brooke Army Medical Center, as well as an all-female command team at the San Antonio Market... MORE

JBSA to celebrate Women’s Equality Day virtually
August 17, 2020 — In observance of Women’s Equality Day Aug. 26, Joint Base San Antonio will provide a virtual presentation, including a video featuring some of JBSA’s prominent women leaders, the official Women’s Equality Day poster, and a fact sheet... MORE

In observance of Women’s Equality Day Aug. 26, Joint Base San Antonio will provide a virtual presentation, including a video featuring some of JBSA’s prominent women leaders, the official Women’s Equality Day poster, and a fact sheet.

Brooke Army Medical Center celebrates women’s right to vote
September 5, 2019 — Staff and visitors at Brooke Army Medical Center celebrated women’s right to vote at the annual Women’s Equality Day observance Aug. 27. The observance was held in celebration of the 19th Amendment, which was passed Aug. 18, 1920, and gave women in the U.S. the right to vote. ... MORE

Jean Aratingi speaks at the Women’s Equality observance at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 27. Aratingi, a member of the League of Women Voters since 1974, talked about the history of the Women’s Suffrage Movement from 1848 to 1920.

Joint Base San Antonio community celebrates women’s equality
August 23, 2019 — The Joint Base San Antonio community celebrated Women’s Equality Day with its annual observance at the Fort Sam Houston Theater Aug. 22. This year’s theme, “Celebrating Women’s Right to Vote,” is based on the U.S. Congress designation of Aug. 26 as Women's Equality Day in 1971. The date commemorates the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote in 1920. ... MORE

Brig. Gen. Christine Beeler gives remarks during the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Women’s Equality Day observance Aug. 22 at the Fort Sam Houston Theater. Beeler was this year’s keynote speaker for the observance. Beeler is the commanding general of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command.

MICC commander welcomes all to Women’s Equality Day observance
August 9, 2019 — We are your wives, daughters, sisters and mothers. We are also your Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen. All women will be celebrated at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Women’s Equality Day Observance at 10 a.m. Aug. 22 at the Fort Sam Houston Theater, and everyone is invited. ... MORE

Brig. Gen. Christine Beeler is the commanding general for Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Navy Medicine Training Support Center observes Women's Equality Day
August 30, 2018 — Navy Medicine Training Support Center’s Diversity Committee sponsored a Women’s Equality Day celebration at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 24... MORE

Capt. Maryann Mattonen (left), commanding officer, Navy Medicine Training Support Center, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Tereca Harris, an instructor with the Hospital Corpsman Basic program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, cut a cake in celebration of Women’s Equality Day.

Brooke Army Medical Center commemorates Women’s Equality Day
September 5, 2017 — Brooke Army Medical Center commemorated Women’s Equality Day Aug. 30, with the event highlighting the 19th Amendment, women’s right to vote (ratified Aug. 26, 1920) and how far women have progressed since the suffrage movement in 1848... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center Deputy Commander Col. Traci E. Crawford addresses the audience gathered for BAMC’s Women’s Equality Day in the Medical Mall Aug. 30. Crawford was the guest speaker for the event.

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston observes Women’s Equality Day
August 24, 2017 — The Women’s Equality Day Observance, which was held at the Fort Sam Houston Theater and hosted by the 106th Signal Brigade, marks the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Aug. 18, 1920, which granted the women the right to vote. Women’s Equality Day was established by Congress in 1971 and is observed Aug. 26... MORE

Madhu Sridhar, president of the League of Women Voters of the San Antonio area, addressed members of the Army’s 106th Signal Brigade on the history of women’s voting rights in the U.S. and about the importance of voting during the Women’s Equality Day Observance Aug. 23 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

BAMC hosts post-wide celebration to commemorate Women’s Equality Day
September 10, 2015 — Brooke Army Medical Center hosted a post-wide event at the Fort Sam Houston Theater Aug. 26 to commemorate Women’s Equality Day... MORE

Retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Evy Lacy, who currently serves as the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program manager at Southern Regional Medical Command speaks at the Fort Sam Houston Theater Aug. 26 to commemorate Women’s Equality Day.