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Women of the Civil Rights Movement (Blog)

While the contributions of men in the Civil Rights Movement have been widely documented, women’s contributions are often overlooked. Figures like Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Diane Nash, and Gloria…

America First Policy Institute v. Biden (Legal Case)

LWVUS intervened in a case on President Biden's Executive Order 14019, which instructed agencies to expand voter registration

Arctic Village Council v. Fenumiai (Legal Case)

LWV of Alaska and co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Alaska state court, arguing the lack of a notice and cure process for absentee ballots violated the Alaska Constitution

How DEI Impacts Us — And Democracy (Blog)

With attacks from the recent administration, DEI has been a hot topic recently. In a recent blog, I broke down what DEI really is — and isn’t. In this piece, I’ll describe just a few of the ways DEI…

LWVUS Urged the Preservation of Public Access to Federal Data (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined hundreds of organizations to express our concern and strong opposition to the recent incidents in which public data have been selectively removed from federal websites.

Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Chapman (now Schmidt) (Legal Case)

LWV of Pennsylvania and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit to count mail ballots that were returned and properly sealed by the statutory deadline but were rejected for being incorrectly dated

Why We Will Remain the League of WOMEN Voters (Blog)

Over a century after our founding — and the passage of the 19th amendment that granted many women the right to vote — some people question why the League of Women Voters keeps the word ‘women’ in our…

League of Women Voters Remembers Jimmy Carter (Press Release)

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters issued the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter.

President Biden: Why Are Women Waiting for Equality? (Blog)

It’s 2024. 101 years have passed since the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was proposed, and women’s equal rights are still not enshrined in the US Constitution.

Hamilton v. Dallas County (Legal Case)

Case filed by nine female detention service officers against the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department asserting sex discrimination in scheduling days off