Help Us Celebrate Women’s History Month (Blog) 2/27/2014 Ninety-two years ago today on February 27, 1922, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously and momentously upheld the 19th Amendment to the U.S.…
DOJ Sues to Halt North Carolina Voter Suppression Law (Blog) 10/2/2013 On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against North Carolina’s new voter suppression law. According to DOJ, the law…
Powerful Quotes on Voting Rights from the March on Washington (Blog) 9/4/2013 Last week, the League of Women Voters joined fellow civil rights groups and activists from across the country in gathering at the Lincoln Memorial…
50 Years After the March on Washington, the Fight for Voting Rights Continues (Blog) 8/23/2013 August 24, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. In 1963, the March on Washington was the largest mass protest in…
165 Years Since Seneca Falls: Continuing to Organize for Equality (Blog) 7/17/2013 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally published on the Huffington Post. One-hundred sixty-five years ago this week on July 19-20…
LWVWI: Fighting Forward – Protecting Your Vote (Blog) 6/21/2013 Editorial Note: This blog post is written by Andrea Kaminski, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. Did you know the Wisconsin…
Tomorrow’s Voters Already Making Their Mark (Blog) 6/12/2013 Today we welcomed four Austin, TX, ninth graders and their parent chaperones to the LWVUS offices. The four young women are in Washington, DC to…
Voter Suppression in North Carolina: What’s happening and what it means for our country (Blog) 4/18/2013 Early this month, a plethora of voter suppression bills were introduced by members of the North Carolina Legislature. The League of Women Voters…
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage March (Blog) 3/1/2013 On March 3, 1913, 5,000 suffragists from across the country gathered in Washington, DC, to demand the right to vote. The elaborate parade, which…
The VRA Arguments from Inside the Supreme Court (Blog) 2/28/2013 The lawyer’s lounge in the Supreme Court building is a soothing shade of green with high ceilings, large windows and portraits of obscure associate…