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Board Members for 2021-22OFFICERS:
CO-PRESIDENTS Jane Hastings/Joan Petertil 2021-2023 VICE PRESIDENTS: Judith McDevitt 2021-2023 Michelle Fitz-Henry 2022-2023 TREASURER Sue Jaffee 2022-2024 SECRETARY Mary Ann Porucznik 2022-2023 DIRECTORS Beverly Graham 2021-2023 Belinda Lutz-Hamel 2021-2023 Judith Crown 2022-2023 Tina Birnbaum 2021-2023 Mary Cay Murray 2021-2023 Barb Paterick 2022-2024 |
Who We Are |
The League of Women Voters of Oak Park and 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. |