Read a Book -Woman Suffrage ALL-AGES Reading list

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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.

Access the LWV of Ohio Woman Suffrage All-Ages Reading list HERE. This book list was curated by Carol Lasser,Emerita Professor of History at Oberlin College, Dr.Treva Lindsey, Associate Professor at the Ohio State University, and Sarah Hedrick, Dayton Area children's librarian.

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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

Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.

Read a Book -Woman Suffrage ALL-AGES Reading list

Read a Book -Woman Suffrage ALL-AGES Reading list

League of Women Voters ^® of Lorain County

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Email:

Read a Book -Woman Suffrage ALL-AGES Reading list

Read a Book -Woman Suffrage ALL-AGES Reading list

League of Women Voters ® of Lorain County

Address:

Email:

League of Women Voters ^® of Lorain County