League of Women Voters of Arkansas records, 1953-1987.

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League of Women Voters of Arkansas records, 1953-1987.

Annual reports, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and materials relating to the organization of local League chapters throughout Arkansas as well as materials pertaining to the national and statewide organizations.

9.75 linear feet.

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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 Arkansas

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Statewide women's public service organization for voter education and the encouragement of citizen participation in government. Founded in the 1920s but officially recognized by the national organization in 1955. From the description of League of Women Voters of Arkansas records addendum II, 1965-1984. (University of Arkansas - Fayetteville). WorldCat record id: 28468906 From the description of League of Women Voters of Arkansas records, 1953-1987. (University of Arkansas - ...