League for Political Education

League for Political Education
Merged intoThe Town Hall
Formation1894
FounderEleanor Butler Sanders
Merger of1938
Purposewomen's suffrage and general education for all persons on the important issues of the day
HeadquartersThe Town Hall,
123 West 43rd Street
Location
Serviceseducation, the arts
Director
Robert Erskine Ely (1907–1937)
George V. Denny, Jr. (1937–1951)
Key people
Lucia Gilbert Runkle, Henry Waters Taft
AffiliationsThe Civic Forum
Economic Club of New York

The League for Political Education was a New York City-based group devoted to providing a forum where people of every rank and station could be educated on the important issues of the day. Founded as a pro-women's suffrage group, the League initially fought for passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and provided general education on social and political issues. After opening up their membership to both genders, they later commissioned the building of The Town Hall and sponsored the long-running radio program America's Town Meeting of the Air. The League essentially dissolved in 1938 when it changed its focus to the daily operations of Town Hall.