Today, on her birthday, we celebrate the League's founder Carrie Chapman Catt! 1/9

Today, on her birthday, we celebrate the League's founder Carrie Chapman Catt! 1/9

Carrie Catt
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In her address to the National American Woman Suffrage Association's (NAWSA) 50th convention in St. Louis, Missouri, President Carrie Chapman Catt proposed the creation of a "league of women voters to finish the fight and aid in the reconstruction of the nation." The League of Women Voters was formed within the NAWSA, composed of the organizations in the states where suffrage had already been attained. The next year, on February 14, 1920 - six months before the 19th amendment to the Constitution was ratified - the League was formally organized in Chicago as the national League of Women Voters.

https://twitter.com/LWVEdFund/status/1480240215998533634?s=20

Women's Rights National Historical Park
https://www.facebook.com/womensrightsnps/posts/293754546110453

National Park Service
https://www.nps.gov/people/carrie-chapman-catt.htm

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