On February 3rd, City Councilors Alicia Bowman, Deb Crossley, Andrea Downs, Andrea Kelley, and Allison Leary on behalf of the City Council awarded the League of Women Voters, Newton a Testimonial Commendation in honor of the League of Women Voters 100th Anniversary. Read more →
Join Manisha Sinha, author of The Slaves Cause: A History of Abolition, for a talk that will illuminate the forgotten origins of the women’s suffrage movement in the abolition movement and reconsider the break between abolitionists and some feminists during Reconstruction. Read more →
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and get excited for the March 3 Massachusetts primaries by joining the League of Women Voters of Newton for this inaugural event.
Adults and students in grades 8 and above are invited to participate.
This is a FREE event; no expertise is needed, just a will to challenge yourself and have some fun. Come and test your knowledge of civics; federal, state, and local government; and the women’s suffrage movement.
Participants will work together in teams of 3-4 people. Form your own team or register as an individual and we will assign you to a team.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning teams. Refreshments will be provided.
For more information and to register, visit our Civics Challenge page!
This event is presented in collaboration with the Women’s Right-to-Vote-Coalition of Newton and with support from The Village Bank.
On January 23rd, Fredie Kay, Founder & President of Suffrage100MA was the League’s guest. The Voting Rights for Women show focused on three topics regarding the celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, prohibiting the federal and state governments from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex.
Suffrage 100 Massachusetts It’s mission is to commenorate the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women suffrage.
The Women’s Right-to-Vote Coaltion of Newton – We have joined together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment which established women’s right to vote nationwide. Through education and the arts, we honor the struggle suffragists endured to gain this first step in voting rights and acknowledge that the journey continues.
League of Women Voters – With the ratification of the 19th Amendment, women and their 
allies won the biggest growth in deocracy in the last 100 years. We celebrate this great accomplishment by standing in our power, but at the same time, we acknowledge that the 19th Amendment did not break down voting barriers for all women. Even today, our work is not done.
Thank you to Fredie Kay.
Please watch for our February show with Gloria Gavris on E is for Election Day
They were recently sighted at City Hall, along with Theresa Fitzpatrick and Marcia Johnson, to welcome guests to the City of Newton’s 2020 Inauguration [City Council & School Committee]. A number of Councilors and School Committee members stopped by to say “Hello.”
