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The national League of LWV was founded in 1920, just six months shy of the ratification of the 19th amendment. The League's influence was enormous, as they gathered support for establishing the United Nations, founded an education fund to encourage the teaching of civics and governmental issues, and acted as a major driver for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). They also participated in pushing for voter reform, supporting such bills as the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and the Help American Vote Act (HAVA). In February of 2020, LWV celebrated its 100th anniversary.

For more information on the national League, please visit their website at https://www.lwv.org/.

Source: League of Women Voters. 100 Years of LWV: A Century-Long Legacy. https://www.lwv.org/about-us/history.

This page has paths:

  1. Introduction Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library

Contents of this path:

  1. LWV-US Platform
  2. 1946-1948 program covering the current agenda for LWV-US
  3. The National Voter election guide, Vol. XXII, No. 3, September 1972
  4. Informational flyer on the ERA
  5. Front page of 1953 edition of The National Voter newsletter from LWV-US
  6. Front page of Current Focus, produced by LWV-US
  7. Registration and absentee voting procedures put together by LWV-US
  8. Letter from LWV-US Public Relations Chairman Carol Toussaint explaining new FCC ruling
  9. First Lady Rosalynn Carter with ERA necklace (sent to Ollie Osborne)
  10. Storyteller Ellouise Schoettler, who acted as National ERA Campaign Director for LWV-US
  11. Ruth Robbins, former director of LWV-US
  12. Drawing promoting support for the ERA
  13. Your Vote Makes a Difference Poster
  14. LWV-US poster: "Your voice makes a difference"
  15. Promotional poster for LWV-US

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