Lillian's List of North Carolina is a statewide organization, an independent political committee, dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to the North Carolina General Assembly. Lillian's List is named for Lillian Exum Clement, the first woman elected to the General Assembly in North Carolina and the first woman elected to any state legislature in the South. A Buncombe County lawyer, Clement defeated two men for the nomination in 1920 -- the same year the 19th amendment to the U. S. Constitution gave women the right to vote. The day she was sworn in, she said, "I want to blaze a trail for other women. I know that years from now there will be many other women in politics, but you have to start a thing."

Membership in Lillian's List is $50/year plus your pledge that you will, each election year, give at least $50 to each of two candidates recommended by Lillian's List. Profiles of recommended candidates are mailed to members of Lillian's List. Each member decides whom to support and writes checks directly to the candidates she or he chooses. Members send the checks to Lillian's List; we forward them to the appropriate campaigns.

History
Organized in 1998, Lillian's List has assisted in electing the following nineteen women to the North Carolina General Assembly: Senator Julia Boseman, Senator Janet Cowell, Senator Katie Dorsett, Senator Linda Garrou, Senator Kay Hagan, Representative Lucy Allen, Representative Alice Bordsen, Representative Becky Carney, Representative Lorene Coates, Representative Linda Coleman, Representative Margaret Highsmith Dickson, Representative Jean Farmer Butterfield, Representative Susan Fisher, Representative Melanie Wade Goodwin, Representative Pricey Harrison, Representative Marian McLawhorn, Representative Deborah Ross, Representative Alice Graham Underhill, and Representative Jennifer Weiss.