About the League of Women Voters Redding Area
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization. It does not support or oppose political parties or candidates for office.
The League works to inform the public about voter registration, voting and the political process, and provides impartial, thoroughly researched and documented information on public issues. The League may also take action on positions reached through member study, discussion and agreement.
Founded in 1920 following the campaign for women’s right to vote, the League works at the local, state and national levels.
What We Do in the Redding Area
The League of Women Voters Redding Area helps connect our community with information and opportunities to participate in government.
Locally, our work includes:
- Serving voters through voter registration, candidate forums and nonpartisan ballot information.
- Studying issues affecting our community, including social and environmental issues.
- Taking action by testifying and lobbying before governmental boards on specific issues the League has studied.
- Observing local government by monitoring public meetings of local governmental boards.
The Redding Area League is part of a three-tiered organization that parallels the three levels of government: local, state and national.
Get Involved
League members have opportunities to become active and informed members of their community, learn about important issues and how government works, help register voters, influence government and shape public policy, and contribute to efforts to build responsive government.
Members can choose how involved they want to be. There is no required time commitment, and participation can include League activities, studying issues, and work at the local, state and national levels.
The League also offers the opportunity to meet others who share an interest in good government and want to work to make a difference.
Good government depends on the informed participation of informed and active citizens.
Join the League
Our History
The League of Women Voters grew out of the movement for women’s suffrage. In 1919, at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in St. Louis, President Carrie Chapman Catt proposed the creation of a “league of women voters” to continue the work of civic participation beyond the campaign for women’s right to vote.
On February 14, 1920, six months before the 19th Amendment was ratified, the League was formally organized in Chicago as the national League of Women Voters. Maud Wood Park became its first national president.
From the beginning, the League’s work extended beyond women’s issues. Its members studied public policy, encouraged informed participation in government, and took action on issues after study and member agreement. Over the following decades, the League expanded its work across a wide range of public issues while maintaining its nonpartisan approach.
That work continues today through local, state and national Leagues, combining voter education, civic participation, study and advocacy.
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