The League of Women voters takes on the environment
Source: JSTOR Daily
Once they won the right to vote, some women’s suffrage activists in the United States moved on to focus on how to direct this new electoral power. The League of Women Voters was established as a non-partisan association by members of the all-white National American Women Suffrage Association to throw its support behind “good government,” not just women’s issues.
One of the policy areas they made an impact on was environmental regulation. By mid-century, their activism played an important role in pressing politicians for regulation on water pollution.
However, as scholar Terrianne K. Schulte writes, their role in the pre-1960s environmental movement has been all but overlooked.
Click here to read the full article published by JSTOR Daily on 4 July 2023.
Once they won the right to vote, some women’s suffrage activists in the United States moved on to focus on how to direct this new electoral power. The League of Women Voters was established as a non-partisan association by members of the all-white National American Women Suffrage Association to throw its support behind “good government,” not just women’s issues.
One of the policy areas they made an impact on was environmental regulation. By mid-century, their activism played an important role in pressing politicians for regulation on water pollution.
However, as scholar Terrianne K. Schulte writes, their role in the pre-1960s environmental movement has been all but overlooked.
Click here to read the full article published by JSTOR Daily on 4 July 2023.