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Article doesn't reflect current focus of organization

A lot (most?) of the current (2021) focus of LWV is on voting rights, redistricting/gerrymandering, and fighting mis/dis-information.[1] Local leagues are also doing a bunch of work reviewing election security [2] with the intent of fighting the erosion of trust in democracy. None of that seems to be reflected on the page however.EricHirst (talk) 22:28, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We'd need to find information in independent sources (not the LWV's own website). Are you aware of any such sources? Newspaper articles, books, etc. Marquardtika (talk) 01:48, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Marquardtika. My familiarity is with the Washington chapter and I'm biased to local and "original" research on this, but I'll start. The September 5 2021 edition of the Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper has a 20 page supplement jointly written by LWV Washington and the newspaper which may qualify as a source. The bulk of it is behind a paywall on the paper's website[3] with just an op-ed header by the current state president. It's been republished by some other papers, but the only non-paywall place I can find a full copy is unfortunately on the state League's site in the form of a YourVote2021.pdf[4] download. I don't have a better national source at this time. I realize that this is tricky and that this Wikipedia article needs to talk more about the national organization's longer term mission & purpose than its activities of the hour. So far I think I can make a good case for arguing that the article is broken but I'm struggling to know how best to fix it. EricHirst (talk) 16:54, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The central focus of the League has always been voting rights and voter registration (the NJ chapters regularly visit schools to register students as they reach voting age). Currently there is a "Fair Districts" campaign to somehow get to nonpartisan districting. That's a tough goal to reach, because in many states there is "bipartisan" districting, which amounts to an incumbent protection program. Anyway, I will work on locating news articles that document the League's work on voting and redistricting. Ngriffeth (talk) 15:51, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Just a small edit that may help - I will reorganize the introduction to emphasize that the League's current focus is on voting and citizen engagement, having moved on from getting women engaged in the political process once they had the vote. Ngriffeth (talk) 15:54, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

U.S. state chapters

Local LWV chapters:[5]

References

  1. ^ https://www.lwv.org/voting-rights
  2. ^ https://www.lwvwa.org/resources/Documents/IssuePapers2021/2021%20Election%20Security%20Issue%20Paper.pdf
  3. ^ https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/05/misinformation-and-disinformation/
  4. ^ https://www.lwvwa.org/resources/Documents/Voter%20Services/YourVote2021.pdf
  5. ^ "Local Leagues", Lwv.org, retrieved August 15, 2020
  6. ^ "League of Women Voters of Arkansas", Snaccooperative.org, retrieved August 15, 2020
  7. ^ League of Women Voters of Illinois records, University of Illinois at Chicago, retrieved August 15, 2020
  8. ^ Guide to the League of Women Voters of Iowa records, University of Iowa, retrieved August 15, 2020
  9. ^ League of Women Voters of Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records, Minnesota Historical Society, retrieved August 15, 2020
  10. ^ League of Women Voters of Mississippi Collection, University of Mississippi, retrieved August 15, 2020
  11. ^ Inventory to the League of Women Voters of New Jersey Records, Rutgers University, retrieved August 15, 2020
  12. ^ Dayton Metro Library, Finding aid for the Woman's Suffrage Association and League of Women Voters, retrieved August 15, 2020 – via OhioLink
  13. ^ Guide to the League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area Records, 1930-2011, University of Texas at San Antonio, retrieved August 15, 2020
  14. ^ Guide to the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, George Mason University, retrieved August 15, 2020
  15. ^ League of Women Voters of Walla Walla County Records, 1949-1988, Whitman College and Northwest Archives, retrieved August 15, 2020
  16. ^ League of Women Voters of West Virginia, Ms2018-002, West Virginia State Archives, retrieved August 15, 2020
  17. ^ "League of Women Voters of Wyoming", Snaccooperative.org, retrieved August 15, 2020

Predictive Search Box for the League of Women Voters article

The predictive search box on Wikipedia's home page describes the League of Women Voters as a "non-profit extreme liberal advocacy group founded in 1920", which is not an accurate description of the article.

The word "extreme" suggests some political advocacy has found its way into Wikpedia's predictive search box. Phillip Griffith (talk) 15:13, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Phillip - it has been fixed, at least temporarily. Ngriffeth (talk) 14:48, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Political organization, not just women's rights

@Mindamie: Do you have a credible source saying the LWV is a "women's rights organization"?

From my personal experience with the LWV, I know they accept male members and put them to work in registering people to vote, observing public meetings of governmental bodies, and other non-partisan political activities. Their membership is mostly but far from exclusively female.

Their issues include women's rights, but that's far from their exclusive focus. They were founded as a successor to the National American Woman Suffrage Association after women got the right to vote, but their focus today (and probably their membership) is much broader than before female suffrage in the US. If you think this article should say something different, please provide a credible source.

Accordingly, I'm reverting your change. Thanks. DavidMCEddy (talk) 12:22, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

LWV originated as part of the women's rights movement and still works for women's rights[1], although the article should rightly point out their broad current focus. The main problem is not mentioning women's rights anywhere in the first section of the lead, while mentioning other issues such as gun control. The women's rights movement in the United States has always been liberal feminist and accepted male members. There is no contradiction in working for women's rights and accepting male members. In fact liberal/progressive men played an important role in the early women's rights and women's suffrage movement. --Mindamie (talk) 12:31, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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