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Topic Mixer
at the Yardhouse, Palmdale
Mon, Feb. 8
@ 6 pm
Lots of fun, great discussion
and great food!!!
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League of Women Voters of Antelope Valley
We are a nonpartisan political organization for women and men which encourages informed and active participation in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy. We do not support or oppose any political party or candidate.
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Planning for the 2016 Elections
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Forms for the 2016 Award
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in February, 2016.
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That amendment was ratified in 1920, after a 57-year struggle. The League was characterized 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.
Carrie Chapman Catt is generally credited
as being the founder of the League.
When she first wrote of how she
envisioned the League in April 1919, she wrote,
"The politicians used to
ask why we wanted to vote. They seemed to think we want to do something
particular with it, something we were not telling about. They did not
understand that women wanted to help improve the general welfare of the
people."
In 2009, a local group of community minded individuals came together and resolved to do something about the low voter participation rate of the Antelope Valley.
They felt that having more debates, more opportunities to meet and greet public officials, and better education about the ballot issues (among other things) would help solve the problem.
That group resolved to form the League of Women Voters Antelope Valley. Since then this group has had a positive and lasting effect on making our governmental agencies more vital and our electorate more informed.