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The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan political organization
that encourages informed and active participation in government,
and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Join us!
The 2010 Midterm Election
For a complete list of candidates that will be on your ballot, see the Voter Guide at the LWV of Minnesota website.
And circle November 2nd in red!
Women’s Equality Day Community Celebration
Why: Commemoration of the 90th U.S. Anniversary of
Women’s Right to Vote
and the founding of the League of Women Voters
When: Thursday, August 26, 2010
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Where: Downtown Northfield’s
Bridge Square
The Northfield community will be brought back to the year 1920 ~
Program to include
- a mayoral proclamation
- suffragists in costume
- music of the time
- a historical perspective on Northfield during the suffragist movement
- special speakers making brief remarks ~ including a Northfield resident who was born before the passage of the 19th Amendment
Information on voter registration and League of Women Voters membership will be available at the Celebration.
Contact person:
Bonnie Jean Flom, Vice President LWVNCF
home phone: 507-645-6845
cell: 507-202-3551
In 1915, writer Alice Duer Miller wrote,
Why We Don’t Want Men to Vote
- Because man’s place is in the army.
- Because no really manly man wants to settle any question otherwise than by fighting about it.
- Because if men should adopt peaceable methods women will no longer look up to them.
- Because men will lose their charm if they step out of their natural sphere and interest themselves in other matters than feats of arms, uniforms, and drums.
- Because men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this, while their innate tendency to appeal to force renders them unfit for government.