Celebrating 91 years...shaping the future, making a lifetime of difference.
Proclamations
Honor the
90th Anniversary of
League of Women Voters
from State of Washington,
Governor Christine O. Gregoire
from the City of Sequim
Mayor Ken Hays
from the City of Port Angeles
Mayor Daniel A. Di Guilio
Honor the
90th Anniversary of
League of Women Voters
from State of Washington,
Governor Christine O. Gregoire
from the City of Sequim
Mayor Ken Hays
from the City of Port Angeles
Mayor Daniel A. Di Guilio
What Our Grandmothers and Great-Grandmothers
Did for Our Rights...
Achieving Women's suffrage in the United States began at state and local levels
during the 19th Century and early 20th Century. On August 26, 1920 the 19th Amendment
to the Constitution was ratified, stating "The right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
Six months earlier, in anticipation of the ratification, a group of suffragists, lead by
Carrie Chapman Catt, founded the League of Women Voters.
The League began as a "mighty political experiment" designed to help 20 million women
carry out their new responsibilities as voters. It encouraged them to use their new power
to participate in shaping public policy. From the beginning, the League was an activist,
grassroots organization whose leaders believed that citizens should play a critical role in
advocacy. It was then, and is now, a nonpartisan organization. League founders believed
that maintaining a nonpartisan stance would protect the fledgling organization from becoming
mired in the party politics of the day. However, League members were encouraged to be
political themselves, by educating citizens about, and lobbying for, government and social
reform legislation.
This holds true today. The League is proud to be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor
opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on
vital issues of concern to members and the public. The League has a long, rich history that
continues with each passing year.
Join us and make history!
Did for Our Rights...
Achieving Women's suffrage in the United States began at state and local levels
during the 19th Century and early 20th Century. On August 26, 1920 the 19th Amendment
to the Constitution was ratified, stating "The right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
Six months earlier, in anticipation of the ratification, a group of suffragists, lead by
Carrie Chapman Catt, founded the League of Women Voters.
The League began as a "mighty political experiment" designed to help 20 million women
carry out their new responsibilities as voters. It encouraged them to use their new power
to participate in shaping public policy. From the beginning, the League was an activist,
grassroots organization whose leaders believed that citizens should play a critical role in
advocacy. It was then, and is now, a nonpartisan organization. League founders believed
that maintaining a nonpartisan stance would protect the fledgling organization from becoming
mired in the party politics of the day. However, League members were encouraged to be
political themselves, by educating citizens about, and lobbying for, government and social
reform legislation.
This holds true today. The League is proud to be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor
opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on
vital issues of concern to members and the public. The League has a long, rich history that
continues with each passing year.
Join us and make history!
