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The Local Chapter of League of Women Voters Celebrates Women’s Equality Day

  • August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, the anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment which guaranteed women the right to vote.
    August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, the anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment which guaranteed women the right to vote.
The League of Women Voters of South Central Texas is new to Fayette County but has deep roots in the women’s suffrage movement that helped get women the right to vote over 100 years ago. “Our League, one of the newest in Texas, began in 2018 with five members meeting around my kitchen table,” said Janis Richardson, president of the League of Women Voters of South Central Texas. When asked about…

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