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    Will We Finish What the Suffragettes Started?

    • August 25, 2017
    Women’s Equality Day, celebrated in the United States every year on August 26th, is the country’s moment to acknowledge the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to…
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      Have a say in your future: Cast your vote on Nov. 4 and be thankful that you can

      • November 3, 2014
      As early as 1848, numerous women’s groups were lending their time, their energy and their imaginations to the fight for the right to vote in the United States. The suffragettes…
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      Katharine Hepburn, Movie Star!

      • March 21, 2014
      In an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Katharine Hepburn set the bar for smart, sophisticated roles that seemed to echo the woman that she was— and, in doing so,…
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        Should women have the right to vote?

        • August 26, 2013
        Yes. Next question. The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920, and officially became the law of the land on August 26.  As we celebrate the anniversary of this milestone in the development…
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        The Junior Leagues Look Back on 110 Years of Members’ Civic Leadership

        • February 7, 2011
        In 1901, 86 years before Congress formalized Women’s History Month and 19 years before American women were given the right to vote, a young New York socialite named Mary Harriman had an…
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        Founded in 1901 by New Yorker and social activism pioneer Mary Harriman, The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

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