{"id":389,"date":"2009-03-06T14:30:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T18:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specialcollections.wordpress.com\/?p=389"},"modified":"2009-09-24T10:12:27","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T14:12:27","slug":"league-of-women-voters-of-the-fairfax-area-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new revised finding aid for the <a href=\"http:\/\/sca.gmu.edu\/finding_aids\/lwvfa.html\">League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area<\/a> is now available. The records contain materials from the LWVFA&#8217;s activities from 1948-2008, including studies, information on political issues, meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and photographs. The collection also contains memorabilia, such as the item below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sca.gmu.edu\/exhibit\/img\/pe_3_4_b.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pennant\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sca.gmu.edu\/exhibit\/img\/pe_3_4_b.jpg?resize=400%2C252\" alt=\"Pennant, League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, undated\" width=\"400\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pennant, League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, undated<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new revised finding aid for the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area is now available. The records contain materials from the LWVFA&#8217;s activities from 1948-2008, including studies, information on political issues, meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and photographs. 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