The League of Women Voters of Georgia's history is part of the national League, which first emerged in 1919 as an auxiliary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA); its independent existence was affirmed a year later at NAWSA's victory convention held six months before the Nineteenth Amendment's final ratification [Louise M. Young, IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, 1920-1970 (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989) 1-2]. This convention named the new organization the National League of Women Voters; women in Georgia who were part of NAWSA formed the Georgia League, the incorporation application being part of this collection. In 1946, when the official title the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) was adopted, the Georgia organization became the League of Women Voters of Georgia (LWVGA) [Young, 5]. In the early days, the Georgia and Atlanta Leagues were closely aligned and shared publications. For this reason, any scholar should check the records of both organizations, which are housed at the Georgia Dept. of Archives and History.

The League was always willing to help government work better by writing bills, lobbying the legislature, and holding workshops to empower citizens, as well as doing groundwork democracy by registering voters. In the 1920s members were concerned about child labor laws and later worked with Governor Ellis Arnall on penal reform. When Georgia legislators tried to pass an amendment to the constitution solidifying the county unit system by making it harder to abolish, the League worked hard to defeat it. When it realized legislators were going to close the public schools rather than integrate, the League fought to keep them open. Long before Georgia had a kindergarten program, Dottie Tracy, League president, promoted the idea. And in the late 1980s the League worked with Governor Joe Frank Harris to promote the Quality Basic Education Act.