League of women voters of Lynchburg papers 1957-2001 1957-2001.
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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 Virginia
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The League of Women Voters of Virginia was originally founded as the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia 9 November 1909. During the passage of the 19th Amendment which allowed women to vote, the League of Women Voters of the United States was formed in Chicago, Illinois, 14 February 1920. The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia served as the forerunner of the League of Women Voters of Virginia which was established 9 September 1920. The League of Women Voters of Virginia encourages women to partici...
League of Women Voters of Lynchburg (Va.)
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The League of Women Voters of Lynchburg was first organized in 1936 and discontinued by World War II. The chapter was reactivated in 1957 to help citizens become well informed about the structure and operation of local, state and national governments and important issues for consideration. Local issues included changes to the local voting system, the establishment of a city library, tax assessments and the addition of counseling services to the city school system. The League actively supports vo...
