Who We Are

The LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS was founded in St. Louis, MO in 1920 after the 19th Amendment to the Constitution granted women the right to vote. Organized at the national, state, county and local levels to encourage voters, through education and advocacy, to become better informed about governmental issues. It is nonpartisan; it does not support or oppose political candidates. We pride ourselves in being a uniquely grass roots organization; the choices of study and eventual advocacy originating from members at conventions or local annual meetings, not from the national executive down.

Monroe County is located in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania embellished by the lovely Pocono mountains, with Stroudsburg as its county seat. It is the second fastest growing county in Pennsylvania, due in part to the influx of New Yorkers following 9/11, but also due to its desirability in offering greenspace, cooler, low humidity summers, picturesque lakes, numerous golf courses, several indoor/outdoor water parks, and numerous popular skiing resorts in the winter.

The LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MONROE COUNTY was formed in the 1940s in Stroudsburg, PA as a county league. Today, members represent all of Monroe County from Shawnee-on-Delaware and Cresco to Mt. Pocono and Tobyhanna. The local phone number is (570) 646-2344.

The current board consists of seven elected members, who are:

President	Robin Mastrocola
Vice President (Readers' Program)	Eugenia Eden
Secretary	Peggy Kraft
Treasurer (Budget)	Eileen Avrich
Director, Communications (Newsletter, Publicity, Website)	Diana Jackowski
Director, Membership	Phyllis Nutt
Director, Voters Service (Voter's Guide)	Carole DeMarco