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Show LWV celebrate "Women's Equality Day" The League of Women Voters of Cedar City will observe Women's Equlaity Day, the 58th anniversary of the day that women were granted the vote, on Saturday, August 20 at 12:00 o'clock noon with a no-hostess no-hostess luncheon at the Town and Country Restaurant. Barbara Starr, Cedar City councilwoman and former president of the local League, will be the speaker. A special feature of the luncheon will be the honoring of the charter members of the Cedar City League. The public is invited. in-vited. Since the early records of the League are incomplete, the officers are anxious to get a complete roster of the charter members. If you are one of those members or if you know of someone who is, the League invites you to call the president, Daphne Dalley, at 586-6985 so that the names you know can be added to the list. "We are proud of the activities of the local League," said Ms. Dalley in a recent interview. Since its organization as a provisional League in 1953 which became official in 1954, the LWVCC has been out in front studying issues of importance im-portance locally as well as issues of interest state-wide and nationally. Some very significant studies, such as those on water and power in the early years of the organization, have been made and published; and voter services such as the publication and frequent update up-date of "Know Your Town" and Candidates Night prior to elections have become traditional because of their popularity among the voters of Cedar City and Iron County. "Currently," Ms. Dalley said; "the League is making a study of alternative alter-native forms of county government which will be published in the near future." In commenting on the observation of Equality Day, Ms. Dalley stated that, although women were given the vote, the struggle for equality is still going on. "More than half a century later," she said; "women still suffer high unem ployment and low wages, they are often denied equal access to a quality education, and they are many times discriminated against in credit and other legal matters." "It is interesting to note," she continued; "that the League of Women Voters was organized nationally the year before suffrage was granted because the leaders of the movement could see that the right to vote was coming and wanted to prepare women to exercise it intelligently." "The League is, and always has been, a multi-issue multi-issue organization with the purpose of keeping voters informed on the issues of the day so that they can vote knowiedgeably. In fact," Ms. Dalley said "one of the early leaders stated that if the League is not at least five years ahead of the political parties in studying issues, it probably has no reason to exist. Such a forward-looking policy," Ms. Dalley concluded; "offers a worth while and exciting challenge to the concerned voter who wants to become involved." |