The Complicated Struggle for Woman Suffrage

Location

Zoom Meeting

Ohio US

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 4:00pm to Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 3:45pm

Featuring: Dr. Carol Lasser of Oberlin College & Dr. Treva Lindsey of the Ohio State University.
LWVO presents a virtual presentation about women’s suffrage, challenges faced by early women leaders, the interplay between movements for gender and racial justice, and why suffrage still matters today.

When: Tuesday, April 28 at 4 pm.
Registration required; free and open to all
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The League of Women Voters was born from such a struggle. The 19th Amendment was finally included in the US Constitution on August 26, 1920

On February 14,1920, the League was formed on the premise that a nonpartisan civic organization could provide the education and experience the public needed to assure the success of democracy. Founder Carrie Chapman Catt exclaimed that the League was formed to “finish the fight” to win national woman suffrage. Yet within the struggle for the right to vote, we left some of our sisters behind when the 75-year fight for votes for women didn’t include securing these rights for women of color. And that struggle continued for decades until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

And now today, across the states, barriers to voting are being erected to disenfranchise communities of color, people of low-income, students, and people with disabilities. All eligible voters should be able to cast a ballot confidently, proudly, and without additional requirements that prevent them from voting. It is clear that the “fight” remains unfinished. From this vantage point, looking back while planning ahead, we’re committed to remembering and commemorating the accomplishments of all those who fought for our right to vote while advocating for voting reforms and defending democracy. And that the work of the League is needed as much now as it was at its founding.

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of Lorain County

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The Complicated Struggle for Woman Suffrage

The Complicated Struggle for Woman Suffrage

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League of Women Voters ^® of Lorain County

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The Complicated Struggle for Woman Suffrage

The Complicated Struggle for Woman Suffrage

Location

League of Women Voters ® of Lorain County

Address:

Email:

League of Women Voters ^® of Lorain County