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My Women's Equality Heroes (Blog)

Though their work styles are vastly different, each of these women made our country a fairer, more just place. 

The Fight for Sex-Based Equality Continues (Blog)

Women still lack equal rights in the U.S Constitution despite the significant legal and legislative advances that have been made in recent decades. It is not enough to treat the symptoms; we must address the root cause of inequality by amending the Constitution and finally adding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution. 

Then and Now: How Two Pandemics Tested the Power of Women (Blog)

In 2020, during one of the most significant and contentious elections in decades, women faced a new public health crisis: COVID-19. More than one hundred years after the 1918 pandemic, Americans stared down this new foe and, once again, women led and supported their communities through civil and political unrest, unprecedented voter suppression, and simultaneous economic and healthcare crises. 

LWV Celebrates House Vote to Eliminate ERA Deadline (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of the United States president Dr. Deborah Ann Turner issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance the Equal Rights Amendment by removing the ratification deadline. 

Make Women’s History: Add the ERA to the Constitution (Blog)

The journey to enshrine equal rights among the sexes in the US Constitution has been a long one. But this year the ERA is closer than ever to taking its rightful place in the supreme law of our nation.

Shirley Chisholm: My Personal League Hero (Blog)

As the first African American woman in Congress and the first African American woman to run for president, Shirley Chisholm’s work and legacy are endlessly inspiring. The fact that her activism began in part with a League of Women Voters membership in New York City makes her my personal League of Women Voters hero.

League of Women Voters Mourns the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Press Release)
The Equal Rights Amendment: What Happens Now? (Blog)

On January 27, 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Now that the amendment has passed the 38-state threshold for ratification, several questions have arisen about its path to final enshrinement.

League Celebrates Equal Rights Amendment Ratified by Virginia (Press Release)

Virginia ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment, achieving support from three-fourths of all 50 states required for the ERA to become a constitutional amendment.

Happy Birthday to LWV Founder Carrie Chapman Catt! (Blog)

On the eve of LWV’s 100th anniversary, today we celebrate the birthday of our founder, Carrie Chapman Catt.