This was supposed to be a year of special celebrations for the League of Women Voters (LWV) Park Rapids. LWV had planned several events to celebrate women getting the right to vote 100 years ago and the League of Women Voters being formed.
The League was created to educate voters on issues and voting procedures. LWV Park Rapids had planned to host a Traveling Exhibit on national and local League history during May. The exhibit had to be postponed, but members hope to greet you all when you visit the exhibit in May 2021.
In the meantime in our world of virtual celebrations, LWV has another way to celebrate this historic occasion.. PBS is airing a new documentary, The Vote. It is “a two-part, four-hour documentary chronicling the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote.” According to a League of Women Voters US newsletter, “The Vote brings to life the unsung leaders of the movement and the deep controversies over gender roles and race that divided Americans then - and (that) continues to dominate political discourse now on the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment.“
The documentary will air Monday, July 6 at 8 p.m. and Tuesday, July 7 at 8 p.m. on Lakeland Public TV. You can also view it online or your streaming service.
This is a great opportunity to learn about the campaign waged by American women for the right to vote that results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. The next step is to go to the Secretary of State’s website https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/register-to-vote. Check to make sure you are registered to vote and you can check out the “other ways to vote” tab with information about absentee voting.
Honor the struggle of our ancestors by exercising your right to vote. Anyone with questions about registering and voting can ask a local league member by emailing lwvparkrapids@lwvmn.org.
Watch for information about local candidate forums at the end of September on the website (lwvparkrapidsarea.blogspot.com) and in newspapers.
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