CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT 1859 1947 WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE LEADER AND PACIFIST CATT CARRIE CHAPMAN 1859 1947 SUFFRAGE REFORM MOVEMENTS ELECTIONS AND POLITICS CARRIE CATT CARRIE LANE WAS BORN IN RIPON WISCONSIN AND STUDIED AT IOWA STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE SHE WORKED AS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN MASON CITY IOWA IN 1885 SHE MARRIED LEO CHAPMAN BUT HE DIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1890 SHE MARRIED GEORGE W CATT THAT SAME YEAR SHE BECAME A STATE LECTURER AND ORGANIZER FOR THE IOWA WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION IN 1892 CATT BECAME A STAFF MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION NAWSA SHE SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF NAWSA FROM 1900 UNTIL 1904 AND AGAIN FROM 1915 TO 1947 SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ALLIANCE FROM 1902 TO 1923 AND HELPED ESTABLISH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IN 1920 CATT DIED IN NEW ROCHELLE NEW YORK IN 1947
