Lwv-shr.org
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The League of Women Voters of South Hampton Roads
Description
The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920, by the suffragists who led the fight for voting rights for American women. The activities of the League have always been rooted in the basic principles of the democratic process. We believe that citizens play a central role in influencing public policy and bringing about needed change.
In the 1930s, the League took an active role in development of the Social Security Act and child labor standards. In the following decade, we were early advocates for international peace building through the United Nations, the World Bank, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). We were active helping to halt the McCarthy "witch hunts" which plagued America during the 1950s. Over the next three decades, the League worked relentlessly to further equality of opportunity in education, employment and housing as a means to combat discrimination.
We pushed for issues as far ranging as water pollution reforms to world peace through arms control. In the 1990s, the League achieved enactment of the landmark National Voter Registration Act (the Motor Voter law).
