On Tuesday, President Obama will mark Equal Pay Day by designating the Sewall-Belmont House as a national monument.
Since 1929, the Washington, D.C., building has been the headquarters of the National Woman's Party, and the new monument will be called the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument, honoring activist and suffragist Alva Belmont and party founder Alice Paul. The White House says that more than 600 pieces of federal, state, and local legislation in support of equal rights were authored by party members inside the house.
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