League of Women Voters (U.S.)

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Materials cover the life and work of philanthropist, feminist, political activist, and one-time Nevada U. S. Senate candidate, Maya Miller from the years 1953-2003. The collection includes correspondence, speeches, campaign materials, news clips, agendas, bulletins, reports, and audio/visual resources with particular emphasis placed on Miller's position as Chairperson on the Board of Directors for the Las Vegas-based community development corporation, Operation Life.

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Ester Nicholson (1902-1992) became a member of the League of Women Voters in 1927 and was active in League activities throughout the rest of her life. The collection includes Nicholson's files on the Nevada, Carson City, Las Vegas and U.S. Leagues of Women Voters, Nevada politics, Carson City (Nevada), and women in Nevada.

Abstract The Tahoe Tomorrow Forum was a non-partisan organization of women whose purpose was to provide the public with information on public and political issues. The collection contains working papers and cassette tapes of a citizens' forum on governmental structures needed to protect Lake Tahoe, sponsored by the Leagues of both California and Nevada, correspondence from the organizing committee, evaluations of the forum, list of attendees, handouts distributed at the session, and audio tapes of...