Carrie Chapman Catt

Carrie Chapman Catt was both a brilliant orator and a diligent administrator, bringing her work in the National American Woman Suffrage Association to the attention of Susan B. Anthony, who made Catt her successor as president of that organization in 1900. Twice widowed, Catt made women's suffrage her life's work, culminating in the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. Catt's convincing arguments, which eventually won the support of President Wilson, were rooted in her belief that women's suffrage was a logical step in evolutionary progress. In her later years, she helped to form the League of Woman Voters, led an international organization for women's suffrage, and worked to foster world peace.