Carrie Chapman Catt
Basic Information Carrie Chapman Catt was born Carrie Lane on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin (Howe, 2001; Schlessinger, 2003). She became involved in women’s suffrage in 1887 and by 1890 began speaking for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Catt later replaced Susan B. Anthony as NAWSA’s president in 1900. Her work in…