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(Photo Left) Miss Liberty among the suffragists in 1913 and protesting at the White House (Photo Right).
20th Annual Susan B. Anthony Birthday Celebration
Hear My Voice: Win the Vote, a one act play that follows
the life of a young woman who campaigns for ratification of the 19th Amendment, is coming to The Gathering Place in Milton, Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon,
February 13, 2010, to help celebrate the 191st birthday
of suffragist Susan B. Anthony.
Elizabeth Rainer is the play’s only actor and she is
accompanied by videos and photographs as well as
soundtrack dialog from other prominent story members
as she tries to convince her family that women must
win the vote. Along the way she meets other suffragists
including Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, and Lucy Burns. The
play is a production of Living Voices, a Seattle-based
theatre group that uses video and live performance to
bring history alive. Ms. Rainer has been a Living Voices
company member since 2001 and has performed in
movies and
television
and in theatres across
the country.
The annual luncheon
honors suffragist Susan
B. Anthony,
born February
15,
1820
in
Adams, Massachusetts, who for more than 50 years
was a central figure in the struggle to gain equal rights
for women. Anthony traveled, lectured and canvassed
throughout Wisconsin and across the nation for women’s suffrage. Since the celebration began in the early
1990’s attendees have contributed over $9500 to the
Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester, New York.
Open to all, the 20th Annual Susan B. Anthony
Birthday Celebration is sponsored by the Rock County Women’s History Committee in partnership with
the Janesville League of
Women Voters. The reservation deadline is Friday, February 4 with
Carolyn Brandeen, or
Kris Koeffler. Seating is
limited and prepayment
of $30 per person is necessary to confirm reservations.
Make checks
payable to the League
of Women Voters at P.O.
Box 8064, Janesville, WI
53547-8064. The Gathering Place is located at
715 Campus Street in
Milton. Doors will open
at 11 a.m. and the buffet
brunch begins at 11:30.
Book signing opportunity
League members Judy and Den Adler will sell and autograph their
book, the postcard history book, Janesville, on Wednesday, December
8 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Olde Towne Mall, 20 South Main Street. Den’s
novel, To Become a Priest – a Love Story, will also be available. Do you know
someone who is interested in Janesville’s history? These will make great
Christmas gifts.
Elisabeth’s Blog
Follow our President, Elisabeth MacNamara, as she tours the country this election
season.
You can’t fire the
cop and say you
are against crime!
Submitted by Elisabeth MacNamara
LWV-US President
Today, we joined with an interesting and
diverse array of groups (Judicial Watch,
Taxpayers for Common Sense, Common
Cause, Democracy21, U.S. PIRG, CREW,
Campaign Legal Center and Public Citizen) for a press conference calling on
Speaker-elect John Boehner to retain the
Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE)
in the upcoming 112th Congress. The
League is deeply concerned that many in
Congress, apparently wishing to return
to a time when there was no meaningful
ethics enforcement in the House of Representatives, have called for steps that would
substantially weaken the OCE.
In this year’s elections, the American
people did not vote for less ethics and
more corruption. You can’t fire the cop
and then say you’re against crime. The
retention of a strong and effective Office
of Congressional Ethics is essential to
regaining the public’s trust.
The retention of the OCE -- or its
demise -- will signal the direction the
new leadership will be taking the House
of Representatives on ethics issues. The
League urged that the OCE not be weakened in any way. The group said that the
OCE must retain its independent, bipartisan leadership structure, the ability to issue
public reports, begin investigations on its
own initiative, and hire and supervise an
independent staff. The League also called
for strengthening the OCE by ensuring
that it has access to subpoena power.
LWV-Janesville
Committee Reports
Juvenile Justice
The presentation was
held on Thursday, November
11, 2010 by Lance Horozewski,
manager of the Juvenile Justice
Division. He gave a comprehensive review of changes being
made in services to youth based
on research regarding effective
interventions. Major changes
in how the county will use the
current detention center are
planned. We will plan to meet
with the detention center superintendent after the first of the
year.
Lisa Ryan, Marilyn Walterman & Kay Deupree
Climate Change
The Natural Step Study
Circles began in early October and continue through the
last week of November. Three
groups with an average attendance of 6-8 in each. Many ideas
have surfaced. We are planning
to compile them and ask for a
discussion with the Sustainable
Janesville Committee in December.
Looking forward to a
book study in January or February. Hopefully another study
circle for those who could not
finish the current round.
Neil Deupree, Barb Fett, Lois
Allen, Karel Cripe, Ethel Himmel,
Judy Adler, Evon Mitchell, Linda
Reinhardt and Mike Khan
Redistricting
Hot off the presses!!!
Both Pete Cannon, who serves
on the Wisconsin Democracy
Campaign board (but key for
us is that he is retired from the
Legislative Reference Bureau)
and Lori Stottler have agreed to
serve on a panel on redistricting
in March. The third person I
am hoping to be on our panel is
Jennifer Block (GIS manager at
the County Planning, Economic
Development and Community
Development). March 3rd has
been set as the date for an information/educational program.
The point of the session will be
to answer the question: why
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ommittee,
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H Committee
county’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee a
group charged with designing a program for the public
should people in Rock County care about redistricting? explaining the criminal justice system. We met for the
I am still looking for other league members to help on first time on Thursday, November 9. We’re starting
this committee. I definitely need help like to promote/ with some research on existing flow chart(s) describpublicize the meeting and to find a location, etc. I’d also ing the cjs. We are also polling various departments
like to involve the Beloit League.
within the cjs to determine what tools, if any, they use
Ethel Himmel
to explain the cjs to their clients. We’re meeting again
in December to decide “now what.”
Criminal Justice
Coral Swanson
I am co-chairing with Rich Gruber from the
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League of Women Voters
of Janesville
Annual Winter Gathering
Thursday, January 27, 2011
5:00 p.m.
Speakeasy Restaurant
January is a
Cost for Appetizers $5.00,
great time
dine at own expense.
to join the
R.S.V.P. to Carol Herzig
League.
by January 13th.
Plan to join us and enjoy a social evening, catch-up with
Leaguers that you haven’t seen in a while. You are welcome
to bring a guest, who might be interested in joining, that way
they can meet other League members.
Calendar
Upcoming Activities December 2010
*Additional events may be planned. Check website: lwvjvl.org/calendar
December
February
No Board meeting
February 2nd Lunch & Learn, TBA
January
February 13th Susan B. Anthony Gathering
January 17th Board Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Place, Milton, 11:30 a.m.
January 27th Membership Winter Gathering
March
5:00 p.m. Speakeasy
March 3rd Lunch & Learn Redistricting
Anytime: Invite a friend to
become a Janesville LWV
member: lwvjvl.org
Janesville League of Women Voters
Officers and Board 2010-2011
President
Kay Deupree
ending 2011
1st VP
Lynda Olson
ending 2011
2nd VP
Traci Rogers
2010-2012
Secretary
Linda Stehura
ending 2011
Treasurer
Linda Reinhardt
2010-2012
Directors Judy Adler
ending 2011
Lois Allen
2010-2012
Amy Golackson
ending 2011
Carol Herzig
2010-2012
Nominating Committee Laura Boettcher
Marilyn Walterman
Carol Herzig
Celebrate your
Birthday with the League!
Remember you may still contribute
to the State League with a birthday
donation and half of your donation will be
returned to our Janesville League.