Politics & Government
Walnut Creek Marks A Century of Suffrage
Women leaders join Mayor Cindy Silva for official proclamation.
The Walnut Creek City Council meeting Tuesday began with a celebration of women.
Mayor Cindy Silva issued a proclamation urging citizens to celebrate Oct. 10 as the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in California.
Silva was joined at the front of the council chambers by several of her predecessors as mayor and members of the League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley.
League President Lee Lawrence said that, a century ago, after many local suffrage organizations succeeded in winning the 1911 suffrage vote, they transformed themselves in leagues of women voters.
The 1911 vote in California was close — suffrage passed by 2 percent, said Silva.
"Walnut Creek would not be the city it is today without the women who — way way way back — were functioning as the chamber of commerce," said former Mayor Gwen Regalia.
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