Newport County women were leaders in the suffrage movement. Today’s leaders continue the effort

Newport County women were leaders in the suffrage movement. Today’s leaders continue the effort

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Saturday, August 15, 2020

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Ask Susan Wells, president of the League of Women Voters of Newport County, what the country would be like if women had never been given the right to vote and she pauses: “I can’t even imagine,” she says.

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Voting rights are under attack.
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LWVRI - CentennialLWVRI - Newport County
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Rhode Island