League of Women Voters of Kansas records 1920-2005

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League of Women Voters of Kansas records 1920-2005

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The League of Women Voters of Kansas was founded in 1919, an outgrowth of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association. The bulk of the collection consists of the minutes of the State Board and local Leagues. There is also considerable information on the local leagues and their activities.

44 linear ft (56 boxes)

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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League of Women Voters of Kansas.

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The National League of Women Voters was formed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association in response to the anticipated victory of the Woman Suffrage movement, achieved in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. In 1919, NAWSA President Carrie Chapman Catt proposed the formation of an organization of women voters as a "mighty political experiment" aimed to help newly-enfranchised women exercise their responsibilities ...

Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, suffragist, early feminist, political activist, and Iowa State alumna (1880), was born on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin to Maria Clinton and Lucius Lane. At the close of the Civil War, the Lanes moved to a farm near Charles City, Iowa where they remained throughout their lives. Carrie entered Iowa State College in 1877 completing her work in three years. She graduated at the top of her class and while in Ames established military drills for women, became the first...