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Most recently, the League held our annual legislative forum. Six local Erie County Legislators joined the League for a great discussion on a variety of issues, including the economy and cost of living, education, and infrastructure.

Senator Scott Hutchinson and Senator Dan Laughlin, Rep. Jake Banta, Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (represented by Chief of Staff PJ Monella), Rep. Pat Harkins, and Rep. Bob Merski for participated.

We know not everyone can attend, but you can still participate. CLICK HERE to watch the full recording on our Facebook page and be sure to FOLLOW US for more opportunities to engage HERE.

2024 MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE

All located at the Sight Center of Northwest PA (2545 W 26th St, Erie, PA 16506) at 1:30 PM.

  • June 12th
  • July 10th
  • Aug 14th
  • Sept 11th
  • Oct 9th
  • Nov 13th
  • Dec 11th (tentative)
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

June 26th

Harvard Case Method Workshop for interested social studies teachers

August 13th

Erie Gives Day (make clickable to: https://www.eriegives.org/)

October 21st

LAST DAY to Register to Vote in PA (link to: https://www.vote.pa.gov/Register-to-Vote/Pages/default.aspx)

October 22nd

Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends Sale from 8:00am – 11:00pm

UPCOMING NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES

(NOTE: all dates are tentative)

  • June 21st
  • July 19th
  • Aug 16th
  • Sept 20th
  • Oct 18th
  • Nov 15th
  • Dec 20th

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF PA EVENTS

Typical suffrage movement clothing included white clothing with sashes that were tri-colored gold, white, and purple — the colors of the suffrage movement.

As described in a 1913 National Women’s Party newsletter:

PURPLE is the color of loyalty, constancy and purpose and unswerving steadfastness to a cause.

WHITE represents femininity and purity, counteracting the negative attacks that suffragists were portrayed as masculine and ugly.

GOLD, which replaced green from England’s suffrage movement in 1867, is the color of light and life and is the torch that guides our purpose. The switch from green to gold happened as Kansas was considering a passage of state suffrage referendum. Their state flower, the sunflower, was adopted as the flower of the suffrage movement. As a result, the gold inspired by the flower was added to the colors of the suffrage movement. Sunflower had also been a pen name of Elizabeth Cady Stanton as she authored newspaper articles.