League of Women Voters dedicated to educating, registering voters (News Clips) 10/1/2022 This story was originally published by The City Journals. Many voters have paged through a booklet of candidates and chances are, it came from the…
League of Women Voters plant 19th Amendment garden at courthouse (News Clips) 9/25/2022 This story was originally published in The Herald-Dispatch. Members of the League of Women Voters of the Huntington Area recently established a…
The power of us: Black women deciding elections (News Clips) 9/14/2022 This article was originally published in Defender. Black women have played pivotal roles in voter mobilization and voter turnout for…
B-PEP unveils several campaigns ahead of 'the most important midterm election of our lifetime' (News Clips) 9/12/2022 This article was originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Calling it “the most important midterm election of our lifetime,” the Black…
Quiz: How Well Do You Know America's Female Democracy Icons? (Blog) 8/16/2022 You may consider yourself a history buff, but how well do you know the women who shaped our democracy? Test your knowledge and learn a thing or two…, Barbara Jordan, the first Black woman elected to state Senate, served in the state of... a. California b. Texas c. New York d. Idaho Suffragist…, In addition to being the first Latina in Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was also the first Republican to support... a. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay…
Women's Inequality Day (Article) 8/1/2022 August 26, otherwise known as Women's Equality Day, marks the anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment, which granted some women the…, @lwvus August may be coming to an end, but the fight for women’s equality does not. #WID23 ♬ original sound - League of Women Voters , Throughout the month, 5.1k people sent letters to Congress demanding they take a stand for equality. Our CEO, Virginia Kase Solomón, discussed the…, Our Ad 35 women-run organizations in the equal and voting rights movements joined us in publishing a full-page ad in the Washington Post to…, Past Partners We're proud to have partnered with a diverse coalition of women-led organizations to promote Women's Inequality Day. Below are just a…, …
Explaining SCOTUS's Abortion Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (Blog) 7/22/2022 On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the…, What exactly does this mean? According to the Dobbs decision, relevant sources for gauging whether abortion is deeply rooted in history include:…, First, Justice Alito argued that the fact that early-stage abortion was not criminalized in early 1800s America does not mean that society felt women…, While Justice Alito argued that these rights are not affected by Dobbs, under the Dobbs logic, they are unlikely to be protected by the Constitution…, Yet the most important attribute shared by these opinions is the dangerous and oppressive effect they will have on countless people in this country…
The Status of LGBTQIA+ Rights in the US (Blog) 6/28/2022 As we celebrate Pride Month this June, we can never forget that LGBTQIA+ rights need continual support and activism. Sadly, through the past year, we…, In the past few years, the League has filed amicus briefs in cases involving key issues in the fight for LGBTQIA+ rights, including Bostock v.…
LWVUS Board President and Planned Parenthood Leader Responds to Abortion Decision (Blog) 6/27/2022 At the League's 2022 Convention, LWVUS board president and associate medical director of Planned Parenthood North Central States, Dr. Deborah Ann…
5 Must-Know AANHPI Women Who Shaped Democracy (Blog) 5/17/2022 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) women have always been an integral part of the voting rights movement. From opposing…, Patsy Mink Patsy Mink was a third-generation Japanese-American attorney and politician born and raised in Maui. After graduating as class…, Tye Leung Schulze Tye Leung Schulze was born in San Francisco in 1887. In her teens, she became a translator for her local mission home, where she…, Emma Kaʻilikapuolono/Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina Emma Kaʻilikapuolono/Kaili Beckley Nakuina was a judge and cultural writer born in Hawaii's…, Dr. Sayu Bhojwani Dr. Sayu Bhojwani was born in India and spent various periods of her childhood in Belize and British Honduras. In 1980, she moved…, Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee was a Chinese American activist and suffragist. She is also the first Chinese woman in the US to earn…