[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

  (Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks and include 
extraneous material.)
  Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, today is the 75th anniversary of 
League of Women Voters. Created in 1920, in anticipation of passage of 
the 19th amendment, the league was created as a nonpartisan 
organization to promote political responsibility through informed and 
active participation of citizens, both men and women, in government.
  I am proud to have been a member and president of my local League of 
Women Voters in Johnson County, KS, before I served on the Overland 
Park City Council, the Kansas Legislature or the U.S. Congress. It was 
an education.
  The league gave me a grounding in a wide variety of issues, 
encouraging me and women like me to become more than silent bystanders. 
The league has a proud legacy which I am honored to acknowledge from 
the floor of this people's House.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Smith].
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding to me.
  The Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, MI, the director is leaving, 
Russ Mauby. I would like to acknowledge him. There are Kellogg farmers 
in the gallery today, and I would just like to say we appreciate them 
being there.

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