The Abington-Cheltenham-Jenkintown Area
The Abington-Cheltenham-Jenkintown Area
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government. Over the last century, we have fought for election protection, democratic reforms, and equal access to the ballot all while maintaining our commitment to nonpartisanship and fostering an informed electorate.
Our mission is to empower voters and strengthen democracy. We salute the voters, poll workers, ballot counters and other election officials who persevered throughout this election cycle, in the face of a pandemic and the variety of electoral processes spawned, in large part, in response to the challenges it presented. Their efforts both echo and reaffirm the work of previous generations who have struggled to preserve the democracy for which so many.
In honor of Women's History Month, let's remember Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League of Women Voters
Born in Wisconsin in 1859, Catt campaigned for women’s suffrage for decades. On February 14, 1920, roughly six months before the passage of the 19th Amendment, Catt founded the League of Women Voters. Designed to help 20 million women carry out their new responsibilities as voters, Catt called the League "a mighty experiment." "…[N]o one could tell…in which direction its evolution would go," Catt remarked at the League’s 1921 National Convention.
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