THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF
WINDSOR/NORTH CENTRAL CT
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF
WINDSOR/NORTH CENTRAL CT
History
On February 14, 1920, six months before
the passage of the 19th amendment to the constitution was ratified, and
after more than 80 years of effort throughout the nation, delegates from
the American Suffrage Association (NAWSA) met for a victory convention in
Chicago. With the realization that votes for women were close at hand,
they held a jubilant celebration, the greatest -and the last - of the
suffrage conventions.
NAWSA President Carrie Chapman Catt, in
her convention address, proposed the creation of a League of Women voters
to provide a new focus: of educating the new voter and using the power of
the vote to support issues of importance; thus the official beginning of
the LWV.
While the fight for suffrage soon ended,
the League has continued to serve the nation for over 80 year