Event features guest speaker Teresa Younger, executive director of the state Permanent Commission on the Status of Women

The Shoreline League of Democratic Women will hold a free program, "Women, Equality & Power" with guest speaker Teresa Younger, executive director of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women at 7 p,m.. Oct. 3, at the Henry Carter Hull Library, Clinton. 

 Younger "will discuss the State of the State for women in Connecticut and beyond. She will cover women’s healthcare, economic security, and other vital issues that impact women and their families," according to a release.

SLDW draws membership from the towns of Clinton, Westbrook, Old Saybrook, Lyme, Old Lyme, Centerbrook, Essex, Ivoryton, Deep River, Chester, Killingworth, Madison, Guilford and Branford, the release said..  The league of Democratic Women () is a chapter of the Connecticut Federation of Democratic Women, which is a chapter of the National Federation of Democratic Women, the release said. 

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