Papers, 1920-1989.

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Papers, 1920-1989.

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Consists of materials relating to the activities and operations of the League of Women Voters of Tennessee, a state affiliate of the League of Women Voters (U.S.). Includes clippings, correspondence, memoranda, printed materials, photographs, reports, and other miscellaneous items.

ca. 18,000 items.

Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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SNAC Resource ID: 7245742

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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 of Tennessee

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Tennessee Valley Inter-League Council.

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Tennessee Valley authority

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Coordinating Council of Legislative Concerns.

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