Records, 1920-

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Records, 1920-

The records date from 1920 to the present and contain state convention records, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, news releases, annual reports, minutes, speeches, reports, legislative kits, and printed material. The materials pertain to such issues as civil rights, housing, child welfare, education, employment legislation, social security, voting procedure, and reapportionment in Illinois.

37.25 linear ft.

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Illinois League of Women Voters

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The Illinois League of Women Voters is also known as the League of Women Voters of Illinois. The Cook County League of Women Voters is also known as the League of Women Voters of Cook County. The League of Women Voters of Cook County (LWVCC) was formed in 1923 and is made up of a number of local leagues within Cook County (Ill.). The LWVCC forms part of the League of Women Voters of Illinois and the League of Women Voters of the United States. From the descri...

League of Women Voters of Illinois

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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. Suc...