Records, 1945-1966

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Records, 1945-1966

Records of the Lafayette, Louisiana League of Women Voters from its establishment in 1945. The material shows the interest of League members in issues such as voter registration and information, education, taxation, and the environment. The close relationship between the local, state, and national levels of the League is apparent.

2 1/2 ft.

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League of Women Voters (U.S.)

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The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that was formed to help women take a larger role in public affairs after they won the right to vote. It was founded in 1920 to support the new women suffrage rights and was a merger of National Council of Women Voters, founded by Emma Smith DeVoe, and National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution g...

League of Women Voters (Lafayette, La.)

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League of Women Voters (La.)

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