Wednesday, February 6, 2013

What was the main goal/point of the League of Women Voters?

The article titles "League of Women Voters" talks about what the LWV did and what priorities as an organization it had. LWV main priorities were to improve "the electoral process, citizenship education, women's legal status, the condition of women working in industry, child welfare, social hygiene, and food supply. In 1923, its goals were redefined as the following: women's legal rights; the promotion of pacifism; and effective government handling of social welfare objective." The main goal of the LWV was for women to be able to vote and have their vote make a difference. Being able to vote was a huge mile stone for women and was a very important because having their vote count and matter gave the them power to make a difference on a much larger scale and enforce what they wanted and voting was a way to obtain their euality and rights on a national level. LWV put a lot of time, effort, and attention on issues of “disarmament, wages and working hours, and child labor than to women's rights like the right to use birth control, divorce law reform, equal pay, and the right for women to serve on juries." LWV also  wanted to enforce pride in women and their rights and how far they have come. LWV was made to help women assert their power and gain the rights and freedoms they deserved because women are citizens of the united state and they wanted to use the political power that they just got to help obtain their rights and freedoms to help them become, and be treated, and viewed, as equals in the United States.

1 comment:

  1. Be careful because you're asking a mere factual question here. There is no sense of why you might want to know this information or what it may connect to. While some factual questions are going to be important (obviously you need to know what happens)work to consider more interpretive questions that ask why, how, or so what.

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