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[Meredith Machen]

SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL -The 100th Anniversary of Women Winning the Vote and the
100th Anniversary of the League of Women Voters of New Mexico
 
Tune in to Women's Focus this SATURDAY, January 25, noon on KUNM-FM, 89.9 to
hear about the celebration planned for February 6 at the State Capitol and
about the League's history and priorities. Host Carol Boss will interview
live LWVNM History Committee Members, Meredith Machen, Jeanne Logsdon, and
Karen Wentworth.   Panelists will discuss the relevance of the suffrage
movement to today's struggles for equal rights and opportunity. If the
impeachment trial pre-empts
 
Watch REPORT FROM SANTA FE this SUNDAY, January 26 at 8:00 a.m. on Ch. 5.1
or 4:30 p.m. on Ch. 9.1  <http://www.reportfromsantafe.com/>
http://www.reportfromsantafe.com/
Host Lorene Mills interviews Hannah Burling, President of the League of
Women Voters of New Mexico and Meredith Machen, Educator and Former LWVNM
President, about the historic struggle for the women's voting rights
nationally and in New Mexico. 
 
The celebration will be held at the NM State Capitol on February 6 starting
at 12:30 p.m., is hosted  by the League of Women. Historical documents and
photos will be on display as well as information from the League's
nonpartisan partners, including AAUW, NOW, ACLU, NAACP, Common Cause,
Planned Parenthood, and the Southwest Women's Law Center.
The event will feature suffragist costumes, original suffrage songs by Santa
Fe 9th grader Fionnuala Moore, cake and lemonade, and speeches from Governor
Michelle Lujan Grisham, LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase, NM Secretary of State
Maggie Toulouse Oliver, legislators, and other esteemed political figures.
Memorials celebrating the Suffrage Centennial will be presented in the House
and Senate around 11 am.
 
 
 
Meredith Machen
League of Women Voters of New Mexico

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Empowering Voters - Defending Democracy
 
 
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