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The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan American nonprofit political organization. Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, boosting
Founder Carrie Chapman Catt
Headquarters building in Washington, DC, circa 1920s
Board of Directors, 1920
Minnesota delegation at Washington, DC headquarters, 1923
The National American Woman Suffrage Association was an organization formed on February 18, 1890, to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States. It was created by the merger of two exi
League of Women Voters
…including support for campaign finance reform, women's rights, health care reform and gun control. The League was founded as the successor to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which had led the nationwide fight for women's suffrage. The initial goals of the League were to educate women to take part in the political process…
Gardener, Park and Catt at Suffrage House in Washington, D.C.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (seated) with Susan B. Anthony in the late 19th century
Susan B. Anthony and Alice Stone Blackwell signed NAWSA check, written by the group's treasurer Harriet Taylor Upton, payable to Rachel Foster Avery