— by Margie Doyle — LWV-SJ Board Member

The League of Women Voters of the San Juans (LWV-SJ) doesn’t believe in hibernation. Fresh from their Nov. 18 Health Care Forum and Dec. 5 Annual Luncheon, the League board is creating a program calendar for 2014.

The General Membership meeting will take place from noon to 2 p.m. at the San Juan Library on Monday, January 13. Upcoming local programs will be planned with Sarah Crosby, LWV-SJ Program Chair and Diane Martindale, LWV-SJ President facilitating discussion among the 55-plus registered members. The program meeting will consist of two parts: the first to give input for National programs; and the second to put together the local program calendar for the coming year.

National programs, as described on the national website, www.lwv.org are:

The public is welcome to attend — males included! Please call Diane Martindale at 370-5814 to advise of your attendance.

Also on the agenda for the LWV-SJ membership meeting is a celebration of Carrie Chapman Catt, a founding member of the LWV, who headed the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This group brought to the public’s attention that the work women had done in World War I should be rewarded with recognition of their political equality. (This right was obtained in 1920 when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution).

To find out more about the national LWV, go to www.lwv.org

To find about more about the Washington state LWV, go to https://www.lwvwa.org/

To join the LWV-SJ, call Membership Chair Clare Kelm at 378-3373.

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