Manuscript/Mixed Material Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, 1820-1920,” June 9, 1936
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Image 1 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … CATT, CARRIE CHAPMAN SPEECH, ARTICLE, BOOK FILE SPEECH: "THE WOMAN'S CENTURY" Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
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Image 2 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … C O M M E N C E M E N T A D D R E S S S W E E T B R I A R C O L…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
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Image 3 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … A MESSAGE TO SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE THE WOMAN'S CENTURY 1820 - 1920 delivered by CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT June 9, 1936 - - - - I bring a message to Sweet Briar College…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
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Image 4 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … -2- Codes of law existed everywhere. In this country there were eventually forty-eight of them, one for each state. These codes provided that, upon marriage, all the brides possessed, including not only…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
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Image 5 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … -3- Women did not always obey these customs of restriction and all of them finally broke down, because some women would not respect them. One amusing episode occurred in a Massachusetts small…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
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Image 6 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … -4- Still others were annoyed by limitations fixed by custom only. All of these eventually were joined in one program and formed the line of progress of The Woman's Century. Milestones, indicative…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
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Image 7 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … -5- At the close of the century, no women was uneducated for the want of schools. High schools are now in every town, universities in every state, and colleges to the right…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
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Image 8 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … -6- Lucretia Mott, a rejected delegate, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the bride of a delegate, indignant at the treatment the women had received, planned to call a convention upon their return to…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
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Image 9 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … -7- other countries, had the vote. All the world around women enjoyed a freedom of which their grandmothers never dreamed. To the task of winning the vote women now enlisted a fresh…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
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Image 10 of Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, … -8- These changes were achieved in a hundred. The explanation of the shorter times is that men were never as tictatorial as the law and women had higher aspirations than the world…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman
- Date: 1936-06-09
About this Item
Title
- Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946; Speeches; “The Woman's Century, 1820-1920,” June 9, 1936
Names
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Headings
- - Authors
- - Feminism
- - Women--Suffrage
- - Reformers
- - Suffragists
- - Feminists
- - Peace
- - Women’s rights
- - Pacifists
- - Manuscripts
- - United States
Genre
- Manuscripts
Call Number/Physical Location
- mss15404, box 10; reel 7
- series: Speech and Article File, 1892-1946
Source Collection
- Carrie Chapman Catt papers
Repository
- Manuscript Division
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Online Format
- online text
- image