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Board Members for 2016-17President - Open
Vice Presidents - Michelle Mbekeani-Wiley, Beverly Graham, Marge Massarello Secretary - Johan Walsh Treasurer - Sarah Shirk Directors - Kathy Balk Leigh Eicher Carol Gabler Mary Haley Angelika Kuehn Viola Mims |
Who We Are |
The League of Oak Park-River Forest, a non-partisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues and influences public policy through citizen education and advocacy. We present unbiased non-partisan information about elections, the voting process, and issues through our Voter Service activities. And after we study an issue, we use our positions to advocate for or against particular policies in the public interest through our Advocacy activities.
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Our History |
When women cast their first votes in 1920, the League was there to provide accurate, unbiased election information. The League of Women Voters of the United States was founded at the Congress Hotel in Chicago on February 14, 1920, in anticipation of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which extended to women the right to vote.
The Illinois League was organized that same year and the League of Women Voters of Oak Park and River Forest just four years later, at the Oak Park Arms Hotel on May 13, 1924. |
