The League of Women Voters has been empowering voters and defending democracy for over 100 years. It plays an integral role in our civic life—whether we as individuals are aware of it or not. The values that birthed the League of Women Voters are bedrock not only to the League but to our democracy.
What circumstances drove women to seek the vote? How did nonpartisanship and civic education become core to the League’s work? How did they come to understand the necessity for nonpartisanship? And that they must educate themselves —and others—before entering the voting booth?
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