Article updated: 10/26/2010 4:35 PM

League of Women Voters still going strong after 90 years

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Candidates for DuPage County Board chairman Democrat Carole Cheney and Republican Dan Cronin participate in a candidate forum organized by the League of Women Voters in Glen Ellyn and Wheaton and the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.

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Audience members listen during a candidate forum organized by the League of Women Voters.

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Missey Wilhelm, president of the League of Women Voters of Wheaton, makes introductions during a candidate forum last week at the Wheaton Community Center.

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Back in 1920, at a time when women were poised to win a constitutional amendment giving them the right to vote, the League of Women Voters was born in Chicago. The suffragist struggle had lasted 72 years. Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association wanted to be sure newly franchised women effectively used their vote.