League of Women Voters of Illinois
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
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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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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| 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 | |
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| Illinois | |||
| Illinois--Chicago | |||
| Illinois |
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| Apportionment (Election law) |
| Child welfare |
| Civil rights |
| Education and state |
| Housing policy |
| Labor laws and legislation |
| Social security |
| Voting |
| Women |
| Women |
| Women |
| Occupation |
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