2017-2018 Activities

Candidate Forums for City Elections, October 10 & 19

Proclamation Designating August 26, 2017 as Women's Equality Day

WHEREAS, the women of the United States have historically been treated as second-class citizens and have often been denied the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens of the United States; and

WHEREAS, the women of the United States have united to assure that these rights and privileges are available to ALL citizens equally, and

WHEREAS, the women of the United States have designated August 26, the anniversary date of the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which culminated a 72-year, non-violent campaign to extend the right to vote to women, as symbol of the continued fight for equal rights: and

WHEREAS, the women of United States are to be commended and supported in their organizations and activities,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the League of Women Voters of Black Hawk/Bremer Counties recognizes the commemoration of that day in 1920, on which the women of America won their right to vote, as an opportunity to continue to work for equal rights for ALL citizens.

We had a wonderful time at the YWCA August 26, celebrating Women's Equality Day

Generations Strong:

Celebrating our Past, Present and Future

Saturday, August 26, 2017 at the Waterloo YWCA

A BIG THANK YOU to (Chair) Cindy Wells, (Emcee) Barbara Brown, (Silent Auction) Maureen White, E. J. Gallagher, III, Jeri Thornsberry, Gerri Perreault, and Rose Lorenz, the Committee who worked so hard to put together our event.