- Page 59 →Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947). Woman suffragist, first to formulate a strategy of political expedients, to organize effectively nationally and internationally. Twice widowed by age 45, and left with adequate funds by husband George Catt, she worked and travelled for female enfranchisement throughout her adult life. In 1890’s campaigned for suffrage in wild west towns and farms; after credited with swaying the Colorado Populist party to its precedent-setting victory for women in 1893. Twice president of Nat’l. American Woman Suffrage Association.
Carrie Chapman Catt postcard
From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen
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