Carrie Chapman Catt

Carrie Chapman Catt was an American women’s rights activist who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment of U.S. Constitution. She designed the strategy for the ultimate victory of the woman's suffrage movement and founded the League of Women Voters. Born in Wisconsin, Carrie was raised in lowa and worked as a teacher in order to pay her own way through Iowa State College. Then, she served as the superintendent of schools for a couple of years and worked in newspapers before getting involved in social activism. After the demise of her first husband, she joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), later assuming the position of its president, and emerged as a leader in the fight to earn women’s voting rights. Later, she assumed the command of the New York woman's suffrage movement and was reelected the head of NAWSA in 1915. As president, she reorganized NAWSA and worked out a 6-year plan, securing a constitutional amendment that empowered women with the right to vote. Carrie founded the League of Women Voters as a means to advance those reforms for which women had sought the ballot and later also contributed in the Committee on the Cause and Cure of War during the 1920s. An effective speaker, a brilliant organizer, a diplomat and a politician, Carrie worked for women empowerment and social welfare throughout her life