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May 15, 7-9pm Discussion of "Not for Ourselves Alone," a documentary by Ken Burns on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
June 7-9 LWVIL Convention
June 26, 7-9pm wine and cheese at the Glencoe Historical Society to celebrate 100 years of women's suffrage in Illinois
National League of Women Voters
- Congratulate Graduates - Help Them Register to Vote May 23, 2013Tags: voter registration, eCard, VOTE411, national voter registration act, Motor Voter, U.S. Supreme CourtSend the graduates you know our eCard to congratulate them on their recent achievement and to remind them to register to vote or update their voter registration. Voting Rights Registering Voters Youth Engagement VOTE411.org […]jsenecal@lwv.org
- “Motor Voter” Coalition Members Reunite at U.S. Capitol in Honor of 20th Anniversary of NVRA May 22, 2013Tags: national voter registration act, voting rights, Motor Voter, voter registrationThe League was proud to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which has helped register millions of eligible Americans. Protecting and Engaging Voters Voting Rightsrdavidson
Fact of the Month – May 2013
Ida Tarbell (1857-1944), was an American writer and leader of the muckraking movement in journalism. She was associate editor of McClure's Magazine and, later, editor (1906-15) of the American Magazine. Her best-known work is the History of the Standard Oil Company (1904), a detailed examination of the workings of a monopolistic trust.