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Jan Meyers: “Today is the 75th anniversary of League of Women Voters. Created in 1920, in anticipation of passage of the 19th…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 1995
Today is the 75th anniversary of League of Women Voters. Created in 1920, in anticipation of passage of the 19th amendment, the league was created as a nonpartisan organization to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens, both men and women, in government. I am proud to have been a member and president of my local League of Women Voters in Johnson County, KS, before I served on the Overland Park City Council, the Kansas Legislature or the U.S. Congress. It was an education. The league gave me a grounding in a wide variety of issues, encouraging me and women like me to become more than silent bystanders. The league has a proud legacy which I am honored to acknowledge from the floor of this people's House.
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Jan Meyers
Republican · Kansas
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Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the League of Women Voters and its impact on civic engagement.

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