Talk:League of Women Voters

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U.S. state chapters[edit]

Local LWV chapters:[1]

References

  1. ^ "Local Leagues", Lwv.org, retrieved August 15, 2020
  2. ^ "League of Women Voters of Arkansas", Snaccooperative.org, retrieved August 15, 2020
  3. ^ League of Women Voters of Illinois records, University of Illinois at Chicago, retrieved August 15, 2020
  4. ^ Guide to the League of Women Voters of Iowa records, University of Iowa, retrieved August 15, 2020
  5. ^ League of Women Voters of Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records, Minnesota Historical Society, retrieved August 15, 2020
  6. ^ League of Women Voters of Mississippi Collection, University of Mississippi, retrieved August 15, 2020
  7. ^ Inventory to the League of Women Voters of New Jersey Records, Rutgers University, retrieved August 15, 2020
  8. ^ Dayton Metro Library, Finding aid for the Woman's Suffrage Association and League of Women Voters, retrieved August 15, 2020 – via OhioLink
  9. ^ Guide to the League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area Records, 1930-2011, University of Texas at San Antonio, retrieved August 15, 2020
  10. ^ Guide to the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, George Mason University, retrieved August 15, 2020
  11. ^ League of Women Voters of Walla Walla County Records, 1949-1988, Whitman College and Northwest Archives, retrieved August 15, 2020
  12. ^ League of Women Voters of West Virginia, Ms2018-002, West Virginia State Archives, retrieved August 15, 2020
  13. ^ "League of Women Voters of Wyoming", Snaccooperative.org, retrieved August 15, 2020

Political organization, not just women's rights[edit]

@Mindamie: Do you have a credible source saying the LWV is a "women's rights organization"?

From my personal experience with the LWV, I know they accept male members and put them to work in registering people to vote, observing public meetings of governmental bodies, and other non-partisan political activities. Their membership is mostly but far from exclusively female.

Their issues include women's rights, but that's far from their exclusive focus. They were founded as a successor to the National American Woman Suffrage Association after women got the right to vote, but their focus today (and probably their membership) is much broader than before female suffrage in the US. If you think this article should say something different, please provide a credible source.

Accordingly, I'm reverting your change. Thanks. DavidMCEddy (talk) 12:22, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

LWV originated as part of the women's rights movement and still works for women's rights[1], although the article should rightly point out their broad current focus. The main problem is not mentioning women's rights anywhere in the first section of the lead, while mentioning other issues such as gun control. The women's rights movement in the United States has always been liberal feminist and accepted male members. There is no contradiction in working for women's rights and accepting male members. In fact liberal/progressive men played an important role in the early women's rights and women's suffrage movement. --Mindamie (talk) 12:31, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for this. I inserted "women's rights" as the second item in the list of "progressive policy positions" at the end of the first paragraph. Acceptable? DavidMCEddy (talk) 12:45, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that seems like a good solution. --Mindamie (talk) 14:09, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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