Oberlin Area

National Voter Registration Day

In Solidarity with Moms Demand Action 6/2/2018

Issue 1 Marchers at the Big Parade in Oberlin

Get out the Vote postcard writing party

National Voter Registration Day

High School Voter Education Project

Oberlin Area

Because Democracy is NOT a Spectator Sport

The League of Women Voters of the Oberlin Area, the only League in Lorain County, is a nonpartisan political organization that promotes informed and active participation in government. We welcome members from the entire county.

In 2020 we commemorate the Centennial of Women's Suffrage!

Please explore our Universal Suffrage page for a short history of amendments and laws that have brought us closer to universal suffrage. The struggle continues but we celebrate the steps we've taken.

Thanks to the National Park Service for this list of "20 Women to Know for 2020". You will be impressed with the variety of people on this list.

As you scroll this home page you will see a growing list of scheduled events many of which will highlight the suffrage struggle.

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Women's Empowerment Centennial Lecture Series #2

Submitted by Oberlin Area in February 2020.

Event Date:

Feb 27 2020 - 7:00pm

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Event location:

Landmark Centre Building

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Women's Empowerment Centennial Lecture Series #2
Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, speaker

The lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is recommended (Go to "Read More" for details)

Submitted by Oberlin Area in February 2020.

Event Date:

Mar 10 2020 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm

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CoWork Oberlin

Monthly Board Meeting

Meetings are open to any members but please notify Rhys Price Jones if coming as space is limited.

Submitted by Oberlin Area in February 2020.

Event Date:

Mar 11 2020 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

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Green Room at Kendal

Take Action! with LWV of the Oberlin Area

Join us as we write postcard to legislators or/or unregistered voters. Postcards provided.

This postcard writing event will take place the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

Submitted by Oberlin Area in February 2020.

Event Date:

Mar 16 2020 - 7:00pm

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Event location:

Oberlin City Council Chambers

A proclamation recognizing the Centennial of Women's Suffrage will be presented to representatives of the League of Women Voters of the Oberlin Area and the Girl Scouts.

Submitted by Oberlin Area in February 2020.

Event Date:

Mar 20 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:45pm

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Event location:

Kendal at Oberlin, Fox and Fell Dining Room

RESCHEDULED
State Senator Nathan Manning will join us for a Legislative Luncheon on March 20th.

Purchase your tickets now. Click on "Read More" for details.

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Mar 26 2020 - 6:30pm

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Event location:

Lakewood Public Library, Main

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

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Mar 30 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

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Oberlin CoWork

Consensus Meeting to discuss a recently completed study on Health Equity.

An agenda and links to readings will be sent out in early March.

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Mar 31 2020 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

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Event location:

OSU Fawcett Center

Celebrating 100 Years and Embracing the Future

Introduction - Joseph L. Mas, Esq.

Keynote Speaker - Maria Hinojosa, Emmy Award winning journalist

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Apr 16 2020 - 9:00am

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Event location:

Sheraton Columbus Capitol Square

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Apr 18 2020 - 9:00am to 2:00pm

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Tinkham Veale University Center at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

This symposium brings together leading voices on the women's struggle for the vote and will reflect on the historical meaning of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the extension of the franchise to women.

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Apr 20 2020 - 9:00am to Apr 21 2020 - 4:00pm

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LCCC

Save the Date. More details to follow

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Apr 28 2020 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

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Stocker Arts Center

A Discussion with Jen Miller, Dr. Treva Lindsay and Dr. Carol Lasser

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

May 7 2020 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

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Event location:

TBA

To Tell the Truth Freely by Mia Bay
Published Feb. 2010

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Jun 6 2020 - 11:00am to 2:00pm

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SAVE THE DATE

This is a tentative date

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Jun 25 2020 (All day) to Jun 28 2020 (All day)

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Submitted by Oberlin Area in June 2019.

News

Commemorate the 100th anniversary (February 14, 2020) of the founding of the League of Women Voters and the 100th anniversary of Women's Suffrage (August 26, 2020) by reading a book about suffrage history or the continuing battle for voting rights

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100 YEARS AGO

January 6, 1920, Kentucky voted to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. Two months later, on March 29, 1920, the Kentucky legislature also passed a measure allowing women to vote in presidential elections. That law became unnecessary when the 19th ammendment was ratified by the 36th state.

February 14, 1920: The League of Women Voters is founded as "a mighty experiment" at the Victory Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Chicago, Illinois. By now, 33 states have ratified the suffrage amendment, but final victory is still three states away.

August 18, 1920: Tennessee becomes the 36th state to ratify the Amendment. A young state legislator casts the deciding vote after being admonished to do so by his mother.

August 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment is quietly signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, granting women the right to vote.

Carrie Chapman Catt summarized the effort involved in securing passage of the 19th Amendment:

"To get the word 'male' in effect out of the Constitution cost the women of the country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign... During that time they were forced to conduct fifty-six campaigns of referenda to male voters; 480 campaigns to get Legislatures to submit suffrage amendments to voters; 47 campaigns to get State constitutional conventions to write woman suffrage into state constitutions; 277 campaigns to get State party conventions to include woman suffrage planks in party platforms, and 19 campaigns with 19 successive Congresses."

In the November 2, 1920 Presidential Election just 36% of eligible women turned out to vote (compared with 68% of men). The low turnout was partly due to other barriers to voting, such as literacy tests, long residency requirements and poll taxes. Inexperience with voting and persistent beliefs that voting was inappropriate for women may also have kept turnout low. The gap was lowest between men and women in states that were swing states at the time, such as Missouri and Kentucky, and where barriers to voting were lower."

League of Women Voters ^®
of Oberlin Area

Oberlin Area

National Voter Registration Day

Equal Rights Amendment

She is Me

Voter Registration Group

In Solidarity with Moms Demand Action 6/2/2018

Issue 1 Marchers at the Big Parade in Oberlin

Get out the Vote postcard writing party

National Voter Registration Day

Membership Event

Painting the Rock for Vote411

High School Voter Education Project

Oberlin Area

Because Democracy is NOT a Spectator Sport

The League of Women Voters of the Oberlin Area, the only League in Lorain County, is a nonpartisan political organization that promotes informed and active participation in government. We welcome members from the entire county.

In 2020 we commemorate the Centennial of Women's Suffrage!

Women's Empowerment Centennial Lecture Series #2

Monthly Board Meeting

Take Action

Suffrage Centennial Proclamation

Legislative Luncheon with State Senator Nathan Manning

A Collector’s Tale: Memorabilia of the American Women’s Suffrage Movement Women's Empowerment

Health Equity Consensus Meeting

Maria Hinojosa - Celebrating 100 years & Embracing the Future

Statehouse Day

Women’s Suffrage Centennial Symposium: From Complex Legacy to Collective Action

Confronting Hate, Building Peace Conference

The Complicated Struggle for Woman Suffrage

Book Discussion

LWVOA Annual Meeting

National LWV Convention - Celebrating 100 years

Read a Book -Woman Suffrage ALL-AGES Reading list

100 YEARS AGO

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