Carrie Chapman Catt: Paving the way for Women’s Suffrage (1859-1947)Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure the right to vote for women.Main Organizations and Affiliations:➢National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) - President➢League of Women Voters - Founder, President➢International Woman Suffrage Alliance - Founder, President➢Woman’s Peace Party (Founder)➢Committee on the Cause and Cure of War - Founder“Use your vote to make this a better and wiser nation, a nobler democracy, a higher-minded citizenry in order that it may fulfill the destiny for which we have hoped” (Carrie Chapman Catt in “The Vote as a Safeguard for Democracy” - May 25th, 1936)Other Information:➢Catt was the only woman in her graduating class at Iowa State Agricultural College➢Catt became interested in the suffrage movement in her teen years when she noticed her mother had less rights than her father➢She was an outstanding speaker, and soon gave nationwide
