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The League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri turns 70 this month! On May 3, 1952, an organizational meeting held at the Greene County Courthouse established the League of Women Voters of Springfield, Missouri. A year later, at the statewide convention of the League of Women Voters held in St. Louis, the Springfield League was granted active status. Its 100 …
How it all began “We need help covering topics relating to local government, civic engagement, and public services. Would the League be able to help us with this weekly program?” asked Arlen Diamond, general manager of KSMU, Springfield’s fledgling public radio station, in 1981. So began a now 40-year partnership between the NPR station and the LWV of SWMO. In …