League of Women Voters of Wyoming
International Women's Day has been around since 1911. It's supported by organizations, groups, governments, and individuals worldwide committed to a more gender-equal world. The International Women's Day website is the go-to hub for everything IWD and provides detailed information, guidance,
WY Institute of for Humanities Research The Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research revealed their distinguished spring lecturer will be Angela Davis. She will give her lecture on Tuesday, March 21st at 4:00 in the A&S Auditorium. To help prepare for
This talk is the second of three sponsored by CWC-Jackson, the WY Humanities Council, the WY Cultural Trust Fund, and the Teton County Library. The other dates are March 2 and May 4. The theme for this event is“Reintroduction of Bison:
Amendment 23 was passed in 1961. A 1978 effort to ratify a constitutional amendment giving DC voting representation in Congress failed. Its text appears below. Read more>>> Section 1. A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole
Amendment 17 passes in 1913. Its text appears below. Originally state legislators chose congressional senators. A striking example of how dysfunctional this process could be comes from Delaware 1895. Their legislators were completely deadlocked and Delaware didn't have a senator
This year's Council begins on April 22 and ends on April 25. The venue will be the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Each state league may bring 1-3 persons. Details coming. Read more >>>
This event is the last of three sponsored by CWC-Jackson, the WY Humanities Council, the WY Cultural Trust Fund, and the Teton County Library. The other dates are March 2 and March 23. Jacki Klancher, CWC’s Professor of Environmental Science and Health
The last 27th Amendment passed in 1992, although Congress approved it 1789, and it was intended to part of the Bill of Rights. The Amendment text is below. Read more >>> No law, varying the compensation for the services of
After following the Constitutional process for the 1796 and 1800 elections of president and vice president, legislators wanted a new system. Mostly pushed by New Yorkers, especially a State Senator named DeWitt Clinton, that new procedure became the 12th Amendment
In 1971, the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. In the turmoil surrounding the unpopular Vietnam War and the draft that fueled the ranks, the voting age was lowered to the draft age. It's text is below. Read more
The conference spanned 2 days, July 19-20, 1848. Around 300 women met in Seneca Falls, New York for the first Women’s Rights Convention, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Considered the official beginning of the modern American feminist
Few early supporters lived to see the final suffrage victory in 1920. The 19th Amendment reads: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state