Equal Rights

Equal Rights

Support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and efforts to bring laws into compliance with the goals of the ERA. Support equal rights for all under state and federal law regardless of race, color gender, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or disability.

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Texas Civic Groups File Lawsuit Against State of Texas Over Anti-Voter Bill, SB1

In 2023, the Policing Committee of the LWVSTL updated our Vision and Mission Statements, which now read as follows:

VISION STATEMENT: The LWVSTL Policing Committee envisions a St. Louis region in which:

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Event Date: 
09/08/2021 - 10:00am
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Virtual Event

Cultivating Civic Conversations: About Race

Sponsored by: LWVs of Kittitas County and Skagit County, Washington State

Exhibit Poster, Women’s Votes, Voters’ Voices: Over 100 Years of Challenges
Event Date: 
08/21/2021 - 10:00am to 09/21/2021 - 8:00pm
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Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library

You may have heard of Susan B. Anthony, but have you heard of Nina Otero-Warren or Alice Paul? They, too, were prominent suffragists who fought for women's right to vote.

Elaine Weiss The Woman's Hour on Women's Equality Day
Event Date: 
08/26/2021 - 4:30pm
Event location: 

UW Fox Cities, Perry Hall

You’re Invited to The Woman’s Hour

Thursday, August 26

4:30 PM

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Each year in July, America’s patriotic narrative turns to celebrating our democracy.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion—We Are On It!

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Federal Holiday

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Image above:  A group of Texans pose for a group portrait on Juneteenth Emancipation Day, 1900. (Mrs. Charles Stephenson [Grace Murray], public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

 

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