League of Women Voters of Illinois

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The League of Women Voters of the United States was formed in 1919 when the Nineteenth Amendment enfranchising women was passed. It grew out of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The League of Women Voters of Chicago was organized in 1950, when ten Chicago-area chapters of the League of Women Voters of Cook County merged. The League's objectives are to encourage full participation in the electoral process and to lobby the government for legislation of special concern to women. Such issues have included housing, civil liberties, public schools and child labor.

From the description of Records, 1920- (University of Illinois-Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 53062626

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referencedIn Illinois League of Women Voters. Illinois League of Women Voters and Cook County League of Women Voters records, 1921-1961. Chicago History Museum
creatorOf League of Women Voters of the Springfield Area (Springfield, Ill.). Records, 1939-1978 (bulk 1950-1978) Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Papers of Ethel Sturges Dummer, 1689-1962 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Alderfer, Lyn, 1930-. Papers, 1934-1980 (bulk 1967-1980) Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Hixon family papers, 1919-1938. Chicago History Museum
creatorOf League of Women Voters of Illinois. Records, 1920- University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC
referencedIn Mullen, Jeannette, 1916-1998. Papers, 1938-1988 [1969-1974]. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf League of Women Voters of Illinois. [Miscellaneous pamphlets, study programs, etc., 1921-]. Chicago History Museum
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Relation Name
associatedWith Alderfer, Lyn, 1930- person
associatedWith ETHEL STURGES DUMMER, 1866-1954 person
associatedWith Illinois League of Women Voters. corporateBody
associatedWith League of Women Voters of the Springfield Area (Springfield, Ill.) corporateBody
associatedWith Mullen, Jeannette, 1916-1998. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Illinois
Illinois--Chicago
Illinois
Subject
Apportionment (Election law)
Child welfare
Civil rights
Education and state
Housing policy
Labor laws and legislation
Social security
Voting
Women
Women
Women
Occupation
Activity

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Active 1920

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