League of Women Voters-Mankato Area. Newsletters, 1991-1993.

Collection — Half Hollinger box: 01

Identifier: SMHC Collection 0280

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Collection is divided into three folders. Each contains a year of the newsletter. The following newsletters are missing from this collection. 1991: December; 1992: March, October, and November; 1993: January.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1991 - 1993

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property and libel laws as they apply.

Biographical / Historical

Soon after Minnesota ratified the 19th amendment in 1919, the Minnesota Suffrage Association dissolved and became a branch of the League of Women Voters (LMV).(“Our History,” League of Women Voters of Minnesota, accessed December 4, 2020. https://www.lwvmn.org/our-history)

According to a November 2020 Mankato Free Press article, Blue Earth and Nicollet counties started their own chapters of the LWV in the 1920s. Participation varied over the years, but the groups became more active in the 1960s and again in the 1990s. The Mankato Area chapter disbanded in 2009, when the last president moved to Duluth.(Lynn Solo, Glimpse of the Past: League of Women Voters has long history in area. Mankato Free Press, November 21, 2020. https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/glimpse-of-the-past-league-of-women-voters-has-long-history-in-area/article_e61e3e68-2830-11eb-a8d2-27c5a2c731a8.html)

Nationally, the League was founded in 1920 by the suffragists of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. February 14, 2020, marked the 100th anniversary of the League. The focus of the organization is on election protection, democratic reforms, and equal access to the ballot—while maintaining a commitment to nonpartisanship and fostering an informed electorate.( League of Women Voters, History. https://www.lwv.org/about-us/history)

Additional Links: League of Women Voters of Minnesota https://www.lwvmn.org/

Extent

.25 Cubic Feet (Half Hollinger Box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This is a collection of newsletters from the League of Women Voters-Mankato Area. Each Newsletter contains information on political topics and discussions from the previous meeting. They contain information on upcoming meeting speakers as well as events promoted by the organization.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Lass Center for Minnesota Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato donated this collection in September 2005.

Related Materials

League of Women Voters. Application of Approval, May 1948. GACA Collection 19, Gustavus Adolphus College Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota. https://libguides.gustavus.edu/GACA019