Oberlin Area

National Voter Registration Day

Creating A More Perfect Democracy

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 Centential 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.

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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Lorain County Board of Elections

1985 North Ridge Rd. East

Lorain, OH 44055

440-326-5900

HOURS HERE

CHECK THAT YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE

Voter Registration Training

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Jan 22 2020 - 6:00pm

Event location:

YWCA

The 2020 Ohio primary election is March 17th and the last
day to register to vote is February 16th. Come and learn
techniques to register fellow citizens. Training will be
facilitated by members of the League of Women Voters

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Jan 28 2020 - 7:00pm

Event location:

Tinkham Veale University Center

Sponsored by LWV of Greater Cleveland and Case Western University

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Feb 3 2020 - 6:30pm

Event location:

Oberlin Public Library

Featuring Richard Romero

Partnership Specilist

US Census Bureau

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

Mar 30 2020 - 6:00pm

Event location:

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:

Apr 20 2020 - 9:00am

Event location:

LCCC

Save the Date. More details to follow

Submitted by Oberlin Area in January 2020.

Event Date:

May 7 2020 - 6:30pm

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

SAVE THE DATE

This is a tentative date

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

Vote411.org

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

Creating A More Perfect Democracy

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 Centential of Women's Suffrage!

Voter Registration Training

Our Voices Our Vote

Census Meeting

Health Equity Consensus Meeting

Confronting Hate, Creating Community Conference

Book Discussion

LWVOA Annual Meeting

Read a Book -Woman Suffrage ALL-AGES Reading list

100 YEARS AGO

League of Women Voters ^® of Oberlin Area

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