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October 19, 1919


League of Women Voters of Texas organized in San Antonio

On this day in 1919, the League of Women Voters of Texas, a nonpartisan political organization, was formed at San Antonio, when the Texas Equal Suffrage Association was dissolved to reorganize for a new purpose. Under the forceful leadership of its first president, Jessie Daniel Ames of Georgetown, the LWVT focused its efforts on educating the newly enfranchised women voters of the state. The permanent offices of the LWVT are located in Austin.

Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TEXAS
WOMEN AND POLITICS
AMES, JESSIE HARRIET DANIEL

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