In memoriam

In February, the League mourned the los of Willie Campbell, individual of our longtime League leaders. Campbell's efforts to advance the League's mission began 61 years ago when she helped establish the Indianapolis LWV In later years, she described the League that she joined in 1945 as "the best place for an intellectual challenge 'It was serious volunteer work, and in bounds of my life I wanted to do something serious.'" (Lo Angeles Times, Feb 10 2006) Campbell became president of the Indianapolis League, and, in 1954 president of the Indiana LWV She serv upon the LWVUS Board for 13 years from 1959-1972 In the '60 as head of the League's Education capital Campbell launched voter education shoot forwards She was instrumental in engaging the League's support for the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights motion and participated in the first White House discourse on Civil Rights. As freshly as 2002, Campbell coauthored an election reform article for The National Voter urging the League to commit its resources to election administration question s that continue to exist 30 years after being documented in a 1972 League publication. Campbell was active in the '70 with the National Women's Education capital training women to become campaign managers and candidates for single outed office. During those years, she mov into the international arena, serving as president and board chair of the OEF International (formerly the LWV Overseas Education Fund) to empower women in developing countries. International exhibition remained Willie Campbell's mission for the quiet of her life. She serv upon the board of Women, Law and disclosure International. In the early '90 President Clinton appointed her vice chair of the African disentanglement Foundation Board, a position she held until her death.

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