Chillicothe — The local League of Women Voters recently celebrated “Women’s Equality Day” with education and activities in Yoctangee Park. I caught the activity at each tent on video towards the end of the day.
Familiar faces of women in leadership and business staffed the tables at the bandstand in Yoctangee Park on August 23rd, 2025. The League of Women Voters of Chillicothe Ross County promoted it as “something different, challenging and fun:”
“Stop at the ‘Story’ booth and record your story, decorate a cookie like the star of your dream, test your knowledge of famous women, speak up at Speakers Corner, play Corn Hole, learn about bees, find out about realistic health care, discover who’s running for office, and much more!”
At tent number one, the League introduced themselves and mentioned their “Candidates Night” on October 6th, in their new video format.
Tent two offered questions for kids (and adults), with a sweet reward.
Tent three introduced SPAN Ohio, the “Single Parent Action Network advocating for Medicare for all Ohioans, now named “Healthcare for All Ohioans.”
At tent four, you could learn about the loss of honeybees and play “Bee or Not a Bee.”
You could decorate cookies at tent five…and try not to eat them too quickly
The last stop, in the bandstand, offered you to challenge yourself to speak up for two minutes on an actual soapbox at “Hot Topics.”
League member Bart Henshaw said that Women’s Equality Day was proclaimed about 23 years ago. In contrast, the national League of Women Voters started 1921, soon after women won the right to vote.
Henshaw said the league started to promote the ERA, the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1926. It is still a struggle – and was not passed in last Congressional session, so the campaign is being started again, with bipartisan support.
The League of Women Voters of Chillicothe-Ross has a website and Facebook page. Search the Scioto Post for other stories about League activities.
