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The New York Times, March 24, 1919 – The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) convention opens with a commemoration of women getting the vote in Wyoming fifty years ago. read clipping

 

The New York Times, March 25, 1919 – At the NAWSA convention, Carrie Chapman Catt proposes the League of Women Voters. read clipping

 

The New York Times, March 25, 1919 – Minnesota grants women presidential suffrage. read clipping

 

The New York Times, March 26, 1919 – The women at the NAWSA convention vote on the proposed League of Women Voters. Like, NAWSA, the League is intended to be non-partisan. read clipping

  

The New York Times, March 27, 1919 – The members of NAWSA agree to form a League of Women Voters, which will become effective at their next convention in February 1920. That convention is being held to coincide with the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Susan B. Anthony. The purpose of the League will be to help women become more effective voters. read clipping

 

The New York Times, March 28, 1919 – The proposed League of Nations opens offices in the League to women. Carrie Chapman Catt rejoices saying, “Suffrage is recognized the world over.” Dr. Anna Howard Shaw 

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