Locally, the Lima Kiwanis Club is working to support that effort by aiding the Child Car Seat Program at the Lima Fire Department. The initiative began after club members learned about a family who couldn’t bring their newborn home from the hospital because they didn’t have a properly working car seat.
This year marks 100 years since the 19th Amendment was ratified giving women the right to vote, but an organization in Lima is also celebrating a century worth of hard work.
After women were given the right to vote in 1920, many of the women who fought for suffrage wanted to continue standing up for what they thought was right and making a difference in politics. That’s how the League of Women Voters in the Lima Area was formed.
