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The Lafayette League of LWV was founded in 1945 by nine Lafayette women at the home of Joyce Rudsill Long. Within only half a year, membership grew to over 100. Such early issues they stressed included providing assistance for refugees in Europe, administering school surveys, and inquiring about civil service regulations to state senators. The members of LWV-Lafayette believe in voting rights for all and opposed measures of discrimination. The Lafayette League remains strong today, as they continue to promote voter registration and information to help the public stay informed.

For more information on the local Lafayette League, please visit their website at https://lwv-lafayette.org/.

Source: League of Women Voters of Lafayette. About the LWV Lafayette: Our History. https://lwv-lafayette.org/about-us/.

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  1. Introduction Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library

Contents of this path:

  1. Cover of League pamphlet containing local government information on Lafayette, LA
  2. First Page of By-Laws of LWV-Lafayette
  3. Entry from secretary's notebook of general membership meetings
  4. Volunteer card for phone canvassing voter registration
  5. Lafayette League Letter - Time for Action on H.R. 8860
  6. Welcome Letter from President Ollie Tucker Osborne to Janetanne Mears
  7. Correspondence from Ollie Tucker Osborne to Linda Roy
  8. Invitation flyer for Annual Membership Coffee Party
  9. Flyer for LWV-Lafayette Annual Meeting, 25 April 1984
  10. LWV-Lafayette Annual Meeting flyer featuring Kathleen Blanco and Fernand Webber as speakers, 24 April 1985
  11. Ollie Tucker Osborne with District Attorney Nathan Stansbury
  12. League members running a booth at the Make America Better program
  13. League meeting with Elaine Edwards, Joyce Rudsill Long, Ann Humphries Bowen
  14. Lafayette League members at state convention in Lake Charles
  15. LWV-Lafayette celebrates 63rd anniversary of 19th amendment, September 1983

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