“To get that word, male, out of the Constitution, cost the women of this country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign; 56 state referendum campaigns; 480 legislative campaigns to get state suffrage amendments submitted; 47 state constitutional convention campaigns; 277 state party convention campaigns; 30 national party convention campaigns to get suffrage planks in the party platforms; 19 campaigns with 19 successive Congresses to get the federal amendment submitted, and the final ratification campaign.”
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was an American social reformer and a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was instrumental in the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, and served as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association twice. more
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