Carrie Chapman Catt Papers

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was an internationally recognized suffragist, feminist, and political activist. This collection contains six of Catt’s personal photograph albums, circa 1840 to 1940. The albums contain approximately 815 photographs related to the women's suffrage movement, including portraits and records of parades, demonstrations, conferences, and other events. The albums cover both the American and international suffrage movements. Notable figures depicted include: Louisa May Alcott, Dr. Josephine Baker, Carrie Chapman Catt, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Woodrow Wilson.

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International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Title:
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Description:
International Alliance Congress in Rome 1923. Mussolini attended opening meeting and he later granted five interviews to Mrs. Catt.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
International suffragists
Title:
International suffragists
Description:
(a) Mme. Schwimmer, Budapest. (b) Budapest Conference International Woman Suffrage Alliance, June 15, 1913. (c) Rosika Schwimmer. (d) Three photographs of Mme. Rosika Schwimmer, chairman of Organization Budapest Congress June 15, 1913.
Date:
1913
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Miss Annie Furuhjelm, member of Finnish Parliament
Title:
Miss Annie Furuhjelm, member of Finnish Parliament
Description:
Miss Annie Furuhjelm, member of Finnish Parliament and leader of feminist activities in Finland. She represented her Nation at the Conferences of the International Suffrage Alliance.
Date:
1900
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Women in the Philippines
Title:
Women in the Philippines
Description:
(a) Philippino School for Girls, Manila, Philippine Islands, 1912 (b) Girls School, 1912. (c) Typical Philippino costume.
Date:
1912
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
International suffragists
Title:
International suffragists
Description:
(a) Mrs. Milagos Benet de Newton. President Suffrage League of San Juan, Puerto Rico. (b) Women Delegates to Institute of Pacific Relations, Honolulu, 1926.
Date:
1926
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffrage in Peru
Title:
Suffrage in Peru
Description:
(a) Mrs. Catt addressing an audience at the University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru, in 1923. (b) Mrs. Catt with leaders in the Woman Movement in Lima, Peru. (c) Mme. Maria de Coronado Colombian Delegate to the Pan American Con. (d) Mrs. Catt with women's group at University of San Marcos Lima, 1923. (e) Suffragists advertising Lima meeting.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffragists in Berlin
Title:
Suffragists in Berlin
Description:
Delegates to International Alliance Conference.
Date:
1910
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Margery Corbett Ashby
Title:
Margery Corbett Ashby
Description:
(a) Margery Corbett as a young girl. Picture on Souvenir Program of International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Copenhagen, 1940. (b) Mrs. Margaret Corbett Ashby of England elected President of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in 1923. Continued in office to 1945. (c) Excursion "up the Bosphorus" International Woman Suffrage Association Congress Istanbul, 1935.
Date:
1935 - 1940
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Dutch Suffrage Convention
Title:
Dutch Suffrage Convention
Description:
(a) Dutch Suffrage Convention, Rotterdam, June 21, 1908. (b) Dutch Suffrage Convention, Dordrecht, 1908.
Date:
1908-06-21
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Mrs. Boyles presenting banner from China to International Woman Suffrage Association
Title:
Mrs. Boyles presenting banner from China to International Woman Suffrage Association
Description:
Mrs. Boyles of South Africa presenting banner from China to International Woman Suffrage Alliance, Budapest Congress, 1913.
Date:
1913
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffrage
Title:
Suffrage
Description:
(a) M. de Condorcet proposed Woman Suffrage in the Constitutional Convention following the French Revolution (1793). This was the first time this had been done in the entire history of the world. (b) Mary Wollstonecraft published the "Vindication of the Rights of Women" in 1792. This was the first book on Woman's Rights. It was translated into French and German and led the way to the coming of women's rights.
Date:
1790
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffragist publicity
Title:
Suffragist publicity
Description:
(a) Mrs. W. Wilcox, Staten Island Chairman, Mrs. John Blair, and Mrs. R. Horseley. (b) Just before a flight for the purpose of "bombarding" the city with suffrage literature. (c) Resting between street meetings while touring the state for suffrage.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Ethel Arnold, of England
Title:
Ethel Arnold, of England
Description:
Ethel Arnold, of England, sister of Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
Date:
1905
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst
Title:
Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst
Description:
(a) Mrs. Pankhurst, Leader of British "Militant suffragists" making a visit to the United States. (b) Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst, of London.
Date:
1910
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffragists in Geneva
Title:
Suffragists in Geneva
Description:
(a) Delegates to the Geneva Congress of the Alliance, 1920. (b) Sister Margit Slachta, first woman member of Parliament in Hungary, elected March 1920. Representative of Government to Geneva Congress, 1920. Clever speaker. Elected by United Christian Block. (c) Board and National Presidents of the Alliance, Geneva, 1920.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffrage in the Americas
Title:
Suffrage in the Americas
Description:
(a) Organizing Suffrage Association in University of San Marcos, Peru. The first University to be founded in the two Americas. (b) Conference audience in Lima, Peru. 1923. (c) Mrs. Catt and interpretor for speech in San Marcos. (d) Audience in San Marcos, Lima, Peru. (e) Cuban Ambassador introducing Mrs. Catt in Lima, Peru, 1923.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
International Alliance Suffrage Conference
Title:
International Alliance Suffrage Conference
Description:
(a) Mrs. Cook, Miss Chatfield, Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. Catt, Mrs. Chamberlin, Mrs. Morgons, Mrs. Whitnell, Mrs. Millar, Mrs. Major. Citizen's Club Committee, Capetown, South Africa, August 17, 1911. (b) Mrs. Despard and Group of British Woman Suffrage leaders.
Date:
1911-08-17
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Suffragist publicity
Title:
Suffragist publicity
Description:
(a) One of the floats. (b) Propaganda suffrage poster. (c) Teacher's Division. (d) New York Suffrage Parade, May 3, 1913.
Date:
1913
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Mrs. Eugenie Miskolczy Meller
Title:
Mrs. Eugenie Miskolczy Meller
Description:
Mrs. Eugenie Miskolczy Meller, joint-leader with Mrs. Irma de Szirmai and Melaine Vambery of Feministak Egyesuelete of Hungary. Arrested three times by the Gestapo, tortured and finally gassed at Auschwitz. Decorated posthumously by the Hungarian Government for her leadership in the pacifist resistance and for services in the democratization of Hungary.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Feminist organization of Peru, 1922
Title:
Feminist organization of Peru, 1922
Description:
Feminist Organization of Peru, in 1922. Rosa Manus, of Holland at President's right, Mrs. Catt at left.
Date:
1922
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers

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