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Take Action on International Day of the Girl Child (Blog)

10/11/2023

International Day of the Girl Child is a day to acknowledge and raise awareness that no nation in the entire world has achieved equality for women or girls. What can you do on this International Day…

LWVUS Urges US House to Support Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) for Centennial (Legal Document)

7/20/2023

LWVUS sent a memo to the US House urging them to support H.J. Res. 25, a resolution to affirm the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), during the 100-year anniversary of the ERA's…

Messages for Women Powering Democracy (Blog)

7/14/2022

On June 23, 2022, five leaders in the political and equal rights movements came together to discuss the current state of democracy and women's role in advancing it. Touching on subjects…

Kansas abortion rights advocates and Democrats work to boost voter turnout (News Clips)

7/7/2022

This article was originally published in the Hastings Tribune. Kansas advocacy groups and Democrats are working to broaden outreach to unaffiliated and young voters this summer to get Kansans to…

LWVUS Board President and Planned Parenthood Leader Responds to Abortion Decision (Blog)

6/27/2022

LWVUS board president and Planned Parenthood North Central States medical director, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, made the following remarks in response to the Supreme Court of the US's decision to…

Celebrating Black Women Who Helped Pave the Way for More Black Women in Politics (Blog)

2/25/2021

Board president, Dr. Deborah Turner reflects on the contributions to voting rights advancement from Black women.

Full and Real Citizenship: Advancing Native American Voting Rights (Blog)

10/30/2020

Native Americans, the first people to inhabit the area now known as the United States, have tragically been disenfranchised for much of the nation’s history.

99 Years Later – the League of Women Voters is Still Fighting for Voting Rights (Blog)

2/14/2019

Ninety-nine years ago today, the League of Women Voters was founded at the National American Woman…

Talking Points Memo: Michigan Group Submits 430,000 Signatures For Measure To Expand Voting Access (News Clips)

7/9/2018

The League of Women Voters of Michigan worked in coalition to get a measure expanding voting access on the November 2018 ballot.

League Opposes Calls for an Article V Constitutional Convention (Legal Document)

4/17/2017

The League joined constitutional rights and public interest groups in opposing calls for an Article V Constitutional Convention.