The year 2020 marks 100 years 
since the League of Women Voters was organized (February 14, 1920) and the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote (August 18, 1920).
The Montgomery County League will recognize these anniversaries with these events. All events are open to the public.
Download a 
pdf list of these events.
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Tuesday, March 3 |
10:30 am |
"Introducing Black Suffragists" a talk that places contributions of African Americans in the struggle for Women's Suffrage, by Carolyn Rude. Free |
Warm Hearth Village Center |
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Saturday, March 14 |
2:00 pm |
Iron Jawed Angels, film about the fight to give women the right to vote, focusing on the period of 1917-1919 and on Washington DC. Free canceled |
Lyric Theatre, College Ave. |
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Saturday, March 14 |
4:00 pm |
Champagne reception celebrating the League of Women Voters and Women's suffrage. Free canceled |
Lyric Theatre, College Ave. |
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Saturday, March 21 |
10:00 am |
"Yellow Rose, Red Rose: Women and the Vote" a performance piece about women's suffrage written by theater classes at Virginia Tech and Radford University. Free canceled |
Warm Hearth Village Center |
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Saturday, May 2 |
10:00 am–2:00 pm |
Women and the Vote Students from Virginia Tech and Radford University will present a theatrical work that explores the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. Update and development of the March 21 event. Co-sponsored by the Lifelong Learning Institute at Virginia Tech. Registration through LLI requested because of limited space. canceled |
Alexander Black House, Blacksburg |
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Wednesday, July 8 |
9:15 am– bus departs Blacksburg Community Center |
Trip to the Barter Theatre in Abingdon to see "Winter Wheat," a play about the dramatic and suspenseful fight in Tennessee over ratification of the 19th Amendment. $43 for play and transportation. Reservations through Blacksburg Parks and Recreation. |
Barter Theatre in Abingdon |
The March 3 and March 21 events are co-sponsored with the Lifelong Learning Institute at Virginia Tech.
The film showing, Iron Jawed Angels, is co-sponsored with the Montgomery-Radford-Floyd Branch of the NAACP and the Lyric Theatre.
Also look for forthcoming information on the League's participation in the 4th of July parade.
