AVOW Founder Patti Hays Explains Why The Vote Is Only a Piece of the Puzzle

AVOW Founder Patti Hays Explains Why The Vote Is Only a Piece of the Puzzle

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Patti Hays CEO, AWS Foundation November 1920 is remembered for the election when women, white women, across the United States were allowed to vote for the first time. However, it was not until the civil rights laws of 1965 when Black women were freed from Jim Crow laws and were ensured that same right. The vote … Read More

On the Shoulders of Pioneers: AVOW Founder Marilyn Moran-Townsend on Why Representation Matters

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Marilyn Moran-Townsend CEO, CVC Communications “I’m no lady; I’m a Member of Congress.” These words were spoken in 1916 by Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman elected to Congress. She advocated for the creation of a Committee on Women’s Suffrage and was appointed to it once the committee was formed. When the special committee reported out a constitutional … Read More