LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Fully Fund WIC (Legal Document) 9/25/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging the congressional appropriations committees to allot sufficient…
Voting Rights Heroes in the Disability Community (Blog) 9/12/2023 Happy Disability Voting Rights Week! Per the American Association of People with Disabilities, there are currently 38 million people with…, Rosa May Billinghurst Born in Lewisham, England, in 1875, Billinghurst contracted polio during childhood, which led her to use a tricycle…, Fannie Lou Hamer Civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 in Mississippi. While she’s one of the more known figures in the civil…, Barbara Jordan Born in Houston in 1936, Jordan overcame segregation and poverty to become the third Black attorney to practice law in Texas.…, Jordan also supported the Equal Rights Amendment and other bills and resolutions dedicated to improving the lives of historically disenfranchised…, What Can You Do to Fight Ableism in Voting? There are things you can do to promote accessibility and fight ableism at the polls: It…
LWVUS Joins Comments on Nondiscrimination Protections in HHS Grant-Funded Services (Legal Document) 9/11/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States signed onto comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding its…
League of Women Voters teach young women how to run campaign (News Clips) 9/7/2023 This story was originally published by News 4 Tucson, KVOA. The 18th annual ‘Running and Winning’ workshop took place Thursday. It’s an all-day…
Women's (In)Equality Day With Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO of League of Women Voters (News Clips) 8/26/2023 This episode originally aired on The Electorette Podcast. Women's Equality Day is observed on August 26th in the United States, and…
Is a Barbie World possible? (News Clips) 8/25/2023 This opinion was originally published in The Fulcrum. Virginia Kase Solomón is the CEO of the League of Women Voters and serves on the boards of the…
Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO, League of Women Voters: Women's (IN)Equality Day 2023 (News Clips) 8/23/2023 Ready to be inspired to use your voice and your vote? Hear from champion of democracy and lifelong social justice activist Virginia Kase…
Share Your Women's Inequality Day Message (Blog) 8/22/2023 August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, but for the second year in a row, the League has declared it to be Women’s Inequality Day because of the historic…, View this post on Instagram A post shared by League of Women Voters of the US (@leagueofwomenvoters) , LWV’s chief of culture, Ayo Atterberry (who is looking FABULOUS in red) says, “Women’s equality means a world where all historically marginalized…, View this post on Instagram A post shared by League of Women Voters of the US (@leagueofwomenvoters) , Lastly, our chief communications officer, Sarah Courtney (aka our comms queen) says, “Women’s equality means a world where little girls can grow up…, View this post on Instagram A post shared by League of Women Voters of the US (@leagueofwomenvoters) , Now is the time to show off your TikTok skills! We’d love to uplift your videos, so please tag us (IG: @LeagueOfWomenVoters, TikTok: @lwvus) and use…