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Archives On The Air 189: Wyoming Women Making Democracy Work

Published March 13, 2020 at 12:11 PM MDT
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Two Casper members of the League of Women Voters of Wyoming attended the national convention in 1959. The two women met with Wyoming's U.S. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney and tried out the chair in Vice President Richard Nixon's office. Box 1, League of Women V
American Heritage Center
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The Wyoming chapter of the League of Women Voters of the United States held their first convention in Worland in June 1957. This page is a call to convention for Wyoming's women. Box 1, League of Women Voters of Wyoming records.
American Heritage Center
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The Wyoming chapter of the League of Women Voters of the United States held their first convention in Worland in June 1957. This page is a call to convention for Wyoming's women. Box 1, League of Women Voters of Wyoming records.
American Heritage Center
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Two Casper members of the League of Women Voters of Wyoming attended the national convention in 1959. The two women met with Wyoming's U.S. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney and tried out the chair in Vice President Richard Nixon's office. Box 1, League of Women V
American Heritage Center
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This page shows the tentative plans for the League of Women Voters of Wyoming 1959 convention in Cheyenne. The League was in the process of studying Wyoming's election laws for revision, clarification, and effective administration.
American Heritage Center
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This page shows the tentative plans for the League of Women Voters of Wyoming 1959 convention in Cheyenne. The League was in the process of studying Wyoming's election laws for revision, clarification, and effective administration.
American Heritage Center

The League of Women Voters was a grassroots organization formed in 1920 to teach women in the U.S. how to use their new voting power after passage of the 19th amendment. 

In the 1950s the League established chapters in the West. Wyoming's chapter was formed in 1957. A national organizer oversaw Wyoming's early meetings.

League policies were strict. Members had to always wear hats and carry gloves when soliciting funds.

Over the years the League expanded its mission to conduct nonpartisan research on job equality, the environment, and more.

Learn more in the Wyoming chapter's records at UW's American Heritage Center.

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