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Interviewing Equal Rights Amendment activists, Marianne Bell and Shirley Wallace, who were fasting as a political statement, and Illinois state representative and outspoken advocate of ERA, Susan Cantania.
Child labor laws, the eight hour work day, pensions, school reform, and low income housing are only some of the issues taken up by The League of Women Voters, as explained by Edna Pardo, Eleanor Revell and Beth Kink. Many believed theirs was solely a service organization to gain more women voters. The League of Women Voters is a good training ground for future women politicians, too.