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WSJHS |
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Portrait doll (hand made) of suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt- white woman in black lace shawl, blue felt hat w/ large bow of printed teal fabric, wearing a dark blue satin long coat w/ braid trim down the front and on cuffs (rose/teal). She wears wire rim glasses (no lenses), painted brown hair, champagne colored satin dress, pale pink satin slip and bloomers, black cotton stockings w/ black shoes.
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) American feminist leader who led the women's rights movement for more than 25 years, culminating in the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. In 1883 she was appointed superintendent of Mason City, Iowa schools, one of the first women to hold such a position. From 1887 to 1890 she devoted herself to organizing the Iowa Woman Suffrage Association. In 1900 she was elected to succeed Susan B. Anthony as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). She resigned the presidency in 1904 to care for her ailing husband. Between 1905 and 1915 Catt reorganized the NAWSA along political-district lines. By then an accomplished public speaker, she served as the group's president from 1915 until her death. In the meantime, she trained women for direct political action and marshaled seasoned campaigners. Tireless lobbying in Congress and then in state legislatures finally produced a ratified Nineteenth Amendment in August 1920. The final triumph was in large part a tribute to her imaginative and tactful leadership. In the 1920s Catt embraced the peace movement, enlisting the cooperation of 11 national women's organizations in the Committee on the Cause and Cure of War to urge United States participation in a world organization for peace. She actively supported the League of Nations, relief for Jewish refugees from Germany, and a child labor amendment. |
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Dolls, portrait |
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