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League of Women Voters

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Aurora League of Women Voters Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-151
Scope and Contents Meeting minutes, annual reports, correspondence, budgets, bulletins, and scrapbooks comprise a major portion of this collection documenting the Aurora League of Women Voters (1947-1982). Although the minutes date only through May 1971, there are annual meeting proceedings for 1972 and 1973. Committee records and subject files document some of the studies and research conducted by the League (local government, downtown redevelopment, housing, and public health). The publications Know Your...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1947-1982; Other: Date acquired: 06/02/1982

DeKalb League of Women Voters Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-118
Scope and Contents The DeKalb League of Women Voters, organized soon after the formation of the national League, educated the first women voters of DeKalb County on the mechanics and policies of government. These records document the League’s efforts towards securing legislation of special interest to women, wiping out legal discrimination against women, and educating the general public on city, county, state, and national politics. Information is available on the League’s work to save the DeKalb city park...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924-1998

Elgin League of Women Voters Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-137
Scope and Contents The records for the League of Women Voters of Elgin date from 1929-2001 and contain meeting minutes, monthly bulletins, annual reports, correspondence, topical files, state and national files, and scrapbooks. The collection contains a wide variety of information on League programs and projects during the 1960's. In particular, topical files describe the League's work in welfare, housing discrimination, equal opportunity, the development of human resources, the Kane County food stamp...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-2001; Other: Date acquired: 09/21/1981

Geneva-St. Charles League of Women Voters Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-149
Scope and Contents The Geneva-St. Charles League of Women Voters (LWV) records date from 1947 to 1979.  Included are by-laws, meeting minutes, annual reports, treasurer’s records, correspondence, subject files, and scrapbooks.  A separate series contains records from the Kane County Council LWV (1921-1972) and surveys and reports dealing with different aspects of Kane County.  Since the League began as the Geneva LWV in 1947, combined with St. Charles in 1949, split into two Leagues in 1960, and recombined...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1921-1980; Other: Date acquired: 05/11/1982

Joliet Region League of Women Voters Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-143
Scope and Contents The Joliet Region League of Women Voters Records provide documentation on governmental and social concerns for the Joliet and Will County areas as well as information on League activities from 1950 to 1981. The only major gap in the materials occurs between 1955 and 1961. The collection is arranged in the following manner: l) histories-local, state, and national, 2) meeting minutes, 3) yearbooks and membership handbooks, 4) topical files, 5) publications, 6) newspaper clippings,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950-1981; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/1982

League of Women Voters of the Rochelle Area

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Identifier: RHC-RC-315
Scope and Contents The League for Women Voters of the Rochelle Area organized in 1971 and became an official League in 1973. They work to provide information on relevant, voter oriented topics, as well as hold open forums for candidates, train future candidates, and register voters. The League often takes a two-year study on a particular issue. The materials within the collection document the Rochelle League’s formation and eventual acceptance into the National League of Women Voters. News articles relevant...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1971-2011; Other: Date acquired: 11/21/2011

Rockford League of Women Voters and the Fight Against Housing Discrimination, 1967 - 1968 by Paula Realini

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.25
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1968

Rockford League of Women Voters Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-178
Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of the Rockford League of Women Voters from its founding in 1922 to the present. Included in Series I, is historical materials, by-laws, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and newsletters. Among the broad range of topics covered in the Series II are nuclear power, China, education, ERA, flood control, housing, and the status of women. Most of the files fall within the 1960-1985 time period. Series III contains scrapbooks spanning the years from...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922+; Other: Date acquired: 10/08/1985