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TESA focused most of their efforts on securing the passage of the federal amendment for women's right to vote. [4] The organization also became the state chapter of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). [1] After women earned the right to vote, TESA reformed as the Texas League of Women Voters. [5]
The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonpartisan American nonprofit political organization.Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, boosting voter turnout and advocating for voting rights.
Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins (1952–), first woman of color to serve as president of the League of Women Voters and the only one in the first hundred years of the League. [9] Florence Kelley (1859–1932), a social and political reformer active in NAWSA and instrumental in founding the League of Women Voters, the National Consumers League and the ...
The League of Women Voters of the Columbia Area is providing VOTE411 for more than 30 races and 94 candidates – mostly for Lexington and Richland counties.
Two groups, the Galveston Negro Women's Voter League and the Colored Welfare League of Austin not only registered voters, but also sued election officials who turned away Black women. [ 100 ] In 1921, women born in Mexico who were in the process of becoming citizens lost the right to vote in Texas. [ 63 ]
The League of Women Voters hosted several forums this month in Boyne City, Petoskey and Mackinaw City on the same topic. Their last forum is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on May 15 at the Charlevoix ...
The League of Women Voters of Benton and Franklin Counties will broadcast its local candidate forums starting Oct. 16. The forums will be broadcast at 7 and 11 p.m. daily Oct. 16-20 on Northwest ...
Lera was a member of the Houston League of Women Voters. Elected to Congress. On February 15, 1966, her husband died and a special election was called for March 26 ...