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Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was born in Ripon Wisconsin on January 9, 1859. She went to school and studied law and was made a high school principal. Then two years later she became a Superintendent of Schools in Mason City. She married Leo Chapman, who was a newspaper editor and publisher, in 1885 but he died two years later. After her husband's deaths she moved back to Iowa and she found work as a newspaper reporter and soon after joined the women suffrage movement and became a delegate at the NAWSA (National American Women Suffrage Association). In 1890 she remarried to a guy named George Catt, who she had origanlly met in college and supported Carrie's efforts. They never had any children. Carrie was offered the position of president succeding Susan B. Anthony of the NAWSA but resigned to take care of her husband. He died in 1905. In 1915 she was re-elected to be president of the NAWSA, succeding Anna Shaw. Carrie was a founder and president of the International Women Suffrage association, and she served from 1904 to 1923. In 1920 the 19th ammendment was finally passed. After Carrie's husband died she moved in with her friend Mary Garret Hay who was also a suffragist. Carrie Chapman Catt died there in New Rochelle, New York March 9, 1947. Other Achievements: -Founder of the Women's Peace Party during World War 1. -She worked for Jewish refugee relief efforts. -She worked for child protection laws.
: By Jennifer Graves and Chris Mullan
