Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Organizational History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1920 | League of Women Voters founded concurrent with the passage of the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution granting suffrage to women |
| 1921 | Established committees on social hygiene and women in industry Passage of the league-supported Sheppard-Towner Act improving maternal and infant care |
| 1922 | Established the Committee on Living Costs and the Department of International Cooperation to Prevent War |
| 1924 | Established the Committee on the Legal Status of Women |
| 1926 | Established the Department of Public Welfare in Government |
| 1927 | Established the Radio Committee |
| 1928 | Held first biennial convention (conventions had previously been held annually) |
| 1944 | Undertook a major reorganization of the national organization |
| 1947 | National organization renamed League of Women Voters of the United States |
| 1957 | League of Women Voters Education Fund established |
| 1965 | Inner-city Citizenship Education project Land and Water Use project |
| 1970 | Fiftieth-anniversary celebration Military Spending and National Security Conference series |
| 1971-1972 | Welfare Reform Campaign |
| 1972-1982 | Campaign for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution |
| 1973-1976 | General Revenue Sharing Monitoring project |
| 1974 | League of Women Voters (U.S.) allows men to join the organization |
| 1975-1976 | " Federalist Papers Reexamined" seminar project |