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19th Amendment

100 Years After the 19th Amendment, Women Power the Vote (Blog)

On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, bringing a hard-fought campaign to allow women the right to vote to a conclusion.

TODAY SHOW: Women got the Right to Vote 100 Years Ago, but the Battle for Equality is not Over (News Clips)

Virginia Kase was featured on the Today Show speaking about the 19th Amendment. 

CBS Evening News Anchor Norah O’Donnell to Deliver League of Women Voters Convention Keynote Address (Press Release)

CBS News Anchor to commemorate League’s 100th anniversary with remarks in June 2020.

The Hill: This Women's Equality Day, stop romanticizing the 19th Amendment (News Clips)

Opinion piece from LWV CEO Virginia Kase on what it means to celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment 99 years later.

LWVUS Sends letter of Support for H.R. 1923 (Legal Document)

LWVUS sent Congresswoman Barbara Lee a formal letter supporting H.R. 1923, the Women’s History and Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act.

Daily Herald: A century of promoting everyone's right to vote, not just women (News Clips)

Guest column in Chicago-area newspaper the Daily Herald, from LWV of Illinois executive director Audra Wilson.

Equality Vines Partners With The League of Women Voters (Press Release)
On the 97th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we are STILL Fighting for Equal Voting Rights (Blog)
League of Women Voters Asks Why Women Couldn’t Grace the Front of the New $10 Bill (Press Release)

“We are pleased that the images of several of the inspirational leaders who fought to secure the right to vote for women will grace our nation's currency," said President MacNamara.

Women in Politics from 1920 to 2016 (Blog)

With Women’s History Month 2016 wrapping up, League president Elisabeth MacNamara joined with other women’s political and history experts at the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum to discuss women’s leadership and public service and their impact on public policy in both a historical and contemporary context.