Archive Record
Metadata
Collection |
League of Women Voters of Wilmette |
Catalog Number |
018 |
Scope & Content |
The League of Women Voters of Wilmette records, 1925-2007. This collection contains histories, studies, Annual Reports, minutes, newsletters, and scrapbooks. The proposal to form "A League of Women Voters to finish the fight and aid in the reconstruction of the nation" was set forth by Carrie Chapman Catt in a speech to the leaders of the National American women Suffrage Association in the spring of 1919. The first convention of the League of Women Voters met in Chicago in February, 1920; most member and local leagues had been converted from the Suffrage organization. The first aim was to educate and convince the newly franchised women to use their right to vote. Later they broadened their aim to foster the growth of the well-rounded citizen by political education in various fields. State and national organizations support the local groups. The Wilmette League of Women Voters was organized in 1924 by Mrs. J. G. Wray, then chairman of the Civic and Legislative Committee of the Wilmette Woman's Club. It has been and continues in the present to be an active organization and has contributed to many village projects and solutions to problems. |
Object Name |
Records |
Title |
League of Women Voters of Wilmette |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Physical characteristics |
paper |
Dates of Creation |
1930-2001 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1907-2001 |
Creator |
League of Women Voters of Wilmette |
Admin/Biographical History |
The proposal to form "A League of Women Voters to finish the fight and aid in the reconstruction of the nation" was set forth by Carrie Chapman Catt in a speech to the leaders of the National American women Suffrage Association in the spring of 1919. The first convention of the League of Women Voters met in Chicago in February, 1920; most member and local leagues had been converted from the Suffrage organization. The first aim was to educate and convince the newly franchised women to use their right to vote. Later they broadened their aim to foster the growth of the well-rounded citizen by political education in various fields. State and national organizations support the local groups. The Wilmette League of Women Voters was organized in 1924 by Mrs. J. G. Wray, then chairman of the Civic and Legislative Committee of the Wilmette Woman's Club. It has been and continues in the present to be an active organization and has contributed to many village projects and solutions to problems. |
Classification |
Organizations (other than religious) Scrapbooks |