A celebration of the 75th anniversary of the League of Women Voters Pasadena Area will be held March 6, 4- 6 PM at the Caltech Athenaeum, with music, food and drink and brief remarks by Congresswoman Judy Chu and Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard.  Admission is $75 and requires advance reservations available online at www.lwvpasadenaarea.org/celebrate or by calling 626-798-0965.

Women in California won the right to vote 100 years ago – before the rest of the nation got on board. Civic-minded women in Pasadena banded together 25 years later to form a League of Women Voters chapter – just 16 years after the 19th amendment passed.  After these seven-and-a-half decades, the mission remains the same: To promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government.

Only the faces have changed since 100 women gathered in the living room of a San Marino home in February 1936 to launch the Pasadena League.

And Altadena women have always been well-represented:  Monica Hubbard, chair of the anniversary committee, founded the women’s choral music program at Caltech and is editor of “Altadena Women’s Network” and “Wired Women,” popular local email newsletters; she is known as a community leader with connections in hosts of local non-profit groups.  Altadena residents Dolores Hickambottom,  Emiliy Hausman, Debbie Heap, and Marge Nichols are also on the planning committee.  The League also instrumental in organizing the Altadena Town Council.

Membership in the League is open to eligible voters (men and women), with special memberships available to people under 18 years of age or non-citizens. For further information, call 626-798-0965.

Advance reservations are required for the event and can be made online at www.lwvpasadenaarea.org/celebrate.