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Jovita Idár-
‘As a Mexican-American journalist, activist, and suffragist, Jovita Idár often faced dangerous situations. However, she never backed down from a challenge.’
www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jovita-idar
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She befriended Susan B. Anthony and founded the Alpha Suffrage Club to promote Black woman’s suffrage. Upon visiting Boston, she joined with Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin in forming the Women’s Era Club for black women. Throughout her career, she worked tirelessly against lynching including exposing the reasons for it and holding white women suffragists accountable for ignoring lynching. #lwvcon22 #herstorymatters
LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Solomon speaking at our plenary.
“Standing on the side of democracy and justice is always the right thing to do.”~Virgina Kase Solomon
What a privilege and honor to meet our LWVUS president Dr. Deborah Turner. I was so inspired by her words at the National Conferenece. She is a fellow healthcare provider. I’m so grateful for this opportunity to meet a leader who walks the walk and speaks to and is an expert in Womens reproductive rights. #lwvcon22 #EmpoweringVoters #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike #WeThePeople #leagueofwomenvoters
“Today’s ruling strips women and those who may become pregnant of their bodily autonomy and will have devastating — and immediate — consequences across the country."
Read LWVUS President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón's full statement: bit.ly/3Oz2jXm
The League of Women Voters filed an amicus in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.