Who are we?
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. We never support or oppose any political party or candidate.
The League of Women Voters has two separate and distinct roles:
Voters Service/Citizen Education: present unbiased nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process, and issues.
Action/Advocacy: also nonpartisan, but, after study, we use our positions to advocate for or against particular policies in the public interest.
To conduct our voter service and citizen education activities, we use funds from the League of Women Voters Education Fund, which is a 501(c)(3) corporation, a nonprofit educational organization. The League of Women Voters, a membership organization, conducts action and advocacy and is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation.
Turning Point Suffragist Memorial
Turning Point Plaza, located in Occoquan Regional Park, is part of the Northern Virginia Park Authority (NVRPA). It was named for a "turning point" in the suffragists' movement to obtain the right to vote for women in America, the incarceration of more than 100 women at the Occoquan Workhouse in Lorton, near today's Occoquan Regional Park.
This memorial was originally created by NVRPA and the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area to honor the suffragists who were arrested, incarcerated, and physically abused at the Occoquan Workhouse, as well as at the D.C. jail, for picketing President Wilson's White House in 1917 for the right to vote.