advocacy
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan American nonprofit political organization founded in 1920 as the successor to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, focused on voter registration, voter education and advocacy on issues such as voting rights.
The record
- Founded
- 1920-01-06
- Founding merger
- Created in 1920 as the merger of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and the National Council of Women Voters (NCWV); the merger was officially completed on January 6, 1920. League of Women Voters: Wikipedia
- Bylaws
- Its bylaws do not allow it to endorse candidates or political parties. League of Women Voters: Wikipedia
- VOTE411.org
- Runs VOTE411.org, a nonpartisan bilingual voter-information website that won a 2020 Webby Award. League of Women Voters: Wikipedia
- National Voter Registration Day
- Created National Voter Registration Day in 2012. League of Women Voters: Wikipedia
People
- Carrie Chapman Catt, Honorary Chairman (1920) League of Women Voters: Wikipedia
- Belle Sherwin, President (1926–1929) League of Women Voters: Wikipedia
In our reporting
Sources: en.wikipedia.org