The US Secretary of State announced ratification when he called Carrie Chapman Catt. Ms. Catt was the president of the North American Woman Suffrage Association. Carrie Chapman Catt. Collections of the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/item/97500090/) Tennessee was the 36th and
Every third Thursday is an opportunity for League leaders and members to discuss voter suppression, election issues, or legal advocacy directly with LWVUS litigation staff. Litigation office hours are good for state and local League Board members and any members
After the last state ratified (3/4 of the total), it became official when it was certified by the U.S. Secretary of State. This civic holiday was created by a House Resolution submitted by the NY activist Bella Abzug. It didn't
1963 March leaders In 1963, 150,000 Black people and 60,000 white people fulfilled a plan first discussed in the 1940s. They presented a list of ten demands. Those demands resulted in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil
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Co-directors and co-producers, Jordan Dresser and Sophie Barksdale. Central Wyoming College is hosting a screening of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People film "Who She Is," with a question and answer session afterwards in Community Room 106. Read more>>>
On this day in 1789, delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia. This observance has been known under different names. In 1940, Congress designated the third Sunday in May as "I Am an American Day." In 1952, the date
Every third Thursday is an opportunity for League leaders and members to discuss voter suppression, election issues, or legal advocacy directly with LWVUS litigation staff. Litigation office hours are good for state and local League Board members and any members
Two red pandas were born at the Smithsonian National Zoo in VA; one survived. Because this was the first cub for new mother Keahi, mom and cub have been on their own. For example, the gender of the cub isn't
