League of Women Voters - Flint Area

League of Women Voters - Flint Area Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy. Our History
The League of Women Voters of the Flint Area grew out of the Woman Suffrage Movement.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political membership organization which influences public policy through education and advocacy. These are two distinct roles:
Voters Service/Citizen Education - we present unbiased, nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process, and issues. Action/Advocacy - we are nonpartisan, but, after study, we use our positions to advocate for or aga

inst particular policies in the public interest. To conduct our voter service and citizen education activities, we may use funds from the League of Women Voters of Flint, Michigan Education Fund, which is a 501(c)(3) corporation, a nonprofit educational organization. To conduct action and advocacy activities, we use funds from the League of Women Voters of the Flint Area, Michigan, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation. Guiding Principles
We believe in:
- respect for individuals
- the value of diversity
- the empowerment of the grassroots, both within the League and in communities

We will:
- act with trust, integrity, professionalism
- operate in an open and effective manner to meet the needs of those we serve, both members and the public
- take the initiative in seeking diversity in membership
- acknowledge our heritage as we seek our path to the future. In 1915, eight Flint women founded the Flint Woman Suffrage Club. By March, 1919, Michigan, along with the fourteen other full suffrage states, joined to form the League of Women Voters. The Flint Woman Suffrage Club was reformed into the League of Women Voters of Genesee County, with several local units. By 1926, there were 183 members. Through the following decades, members were active in educating voters, getting out the vote, studying and advocating on issues of city and county government, child labor and welfare, presidential primaries, limitation of armaments, minimum wage, housing, education, health, fair employment practices, conservation, trade agreements and immigration. In 1974, our name was changed to League of Women Voters of the Flint Area. Members - men and women - continue to become informed and active on these and other issues at the local, state and national levels.

06/13/2026

Mail-in (absentee) ballots will be available and sent to voters for the Aug. 4 Primary Election beginning June 25. Request yours online at mi.gov/vote or by contacting your city or township clerk.

This would be a good program to see!
06/10/2026

This would be a good program to see!

Join us at the on Tuesday, June 16 at 6:00 pm for an engaging discussion with Former U.S. Attorney General Barbara McQuade as she highlights and discusses government corruption and the state of the U.S. legal system in her new book "The Fix." She will appear in conversation with award-winning journalist Stephen Henderson.

For more info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fix-authorbook-discussion-with-former-us-atty-gen-barbara-mcquade-tickets-1981358756377

06/10/2026

Michigan, by the way, is ranked as having one of the fairest and most secure election systems in the country.

Tomorrow is our second day at Wojos!! Don't forget to mention The League of Women Voters at the check out!
06/06/2026

Tomorrow is our second day at Wojos!! Don't forget to mention The League of Women Voters at the check out!

This Thursday is the day to shop at Wojo's. Mention the League of Women Voters and we will receive a percentage of the sale.
BUY LOTS OF STUFF FOR YOUR GARDEN!!!! Thanks 🥰

And we still fight for voting rights for all!
06/04/2026

And we still fight for voting rights for all!

The 19th Amendment was passed by both houses of Congress in 1919, which began the state ratification process that would lead to the Amendment's certification in the Constitution on August 26, 1920.

But the battle for women's right to vote didn't end there. While it represented a major victory for the movement after nearly 70 years of activism, the 19th Amendment did not simply grant universal suffrage for all women.

Native American women were not considered US citizens until 1924, but until as late as 1962, individual states still prevented them from voting.

Asian American immigrant women were excluded from voting until the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 allowed them to gain citizenship.

Black women faced Jim Crow-era barriers like poll taxes, voter ID requirements, and acts of violence that threatened their ability to cast a ballot until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Latina women faced literacy tests and other language-based setbacks that prevented them from voting until a 1975 extension of the Voting Rights Act.

As we celebrate this monumental achievement for women, we also recognize that only some of the women who fought for suffrage were able to exercise their newly-won right to vote. Despite being some of the movement's fiercest advocates, suffragists like Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Zitkála-Šá, and Luisa Capetillo could not cast their first ballots in the 1920 election because of their race.

Today, we honor the women who not only fought for the 19th Amendment's passage, but also after it, as their efforts on behalf of their communities paved the way for the freedoms of all American women.

📷: Dora Lewis (seated), Abby Scott Baker (seated), Anita Pollitzer (standing), Alice Paul (seated), Florence Boeckel (seated), and Mabel Vernon (standing) conferring over ratification of the 19th Amendment at the National Woman's Party headquarters, 1919.

06/02/2026

MDOS announces changes to automatic voter registration process to comply with Michigan election law starting June 1: go.mi.gov/pahjk2620

Important information for all of us!
05/27/2026

Important information for all of us!

Flint Residents-your chance to hear from your candidates!
05/23/2026

Flint Residents-your chance to hear from your candidates!

Your ideas are wanted!
05/23/2026

Your ideas are wanted!

There are 40 monuments on the National Mall, but not a single one is dedicated to the history of American women. 's Suffrage National Monument Foundation is changing that and wants NHD students and teachers to help.

Through the Monumental Ideas campaign, students can submit design concepts and inspirations for the first-ever monument honoring the suffrage movement in our "National Front Yard." This is a great opportunity for students to help shape how history is memorialized!

Learn more at www.womensmonument.org

05/22/2026

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