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Carrie Clinton Lane Chapman Catt 1859 - 1947

Carrie Clinton Lane (Chapman) Catt of San Francisco, San Francisco County, California United States was born on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, WI, and died at age 88 years old on March 10, 1947 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, NY. Carrie Catt was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery • Crematory • Conservancy Webster Ave, in The Bronx, Bronx County.

Carrie Clinton Lane (Chapman) Catt

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California United States

January 9, 1859

Ripon, Wisconsin, 39157, United States

March 10, 1947

New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, United States

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Carrie Clinton Lane Chapman Catt was born to Lucius Lane and Maria Clinton.

Carrie Lane married Leo Chapman (died 1886) and they didn't have children. They co-owned the Mason City (Iowa) Republican newspaper until he became ill in 1885 and they then moved to San Francisco, where he died.

Carrie was the first woman reporter in San Francisco and became greatly interested in working women and their welfare and was active in the women's suffrage movement.

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1859

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January 9, 1859

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Ripon, Wisconsin 39157, United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Carrie was Caucasian.
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Born in Ripon Wisconsin, where she lived until the age of 7, Carrie moved to Charles City, Iowa with her family. She lived in Iowa until her husband, Leo Chapman, became ill and they moved to San Francisco, California. She died at the age of 88 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery • Crematory • Conservancy in The Bronx, Bronx County, New York.
Early Life & Education

In 1880, Carrie graduated from Iowa State College at the head of her class, having paid her own tuition by teaching.
Professional Career

Carrie was appointed principal of the high school in Mason City, Iowa, and at the same time took up the study of law. Later she became superintendent of the schools at Mason City and continued in that capacity until 1`884, when she married Leo Chapman, editor of the Mason City Republican. With her husband, she became joint owner of the paper, assisting in editing it. She also went upon the lecture platform. Mr. Chapman's health failed him in 1885 and they sold the newspaper, removing to San Francisco, where he died in 1886. She was the first woman reporter in San Francisco and became active in women's suffrage.
Personal Life & Family

Carrie was in the League of Women Voters and the National American Woman Suffrage Association,International Alliance of Women. She married Leo Chapman and they didn't have children. He died in 1886.
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1947

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March 10, 1947

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New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York United States
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Woodlawn Cemetery • Crematory • Conservancy Webster Ave, in The Bronx, Bronx County, New York 10470, United States
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CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, March 10. (INS) Private funeral services will be held tomorrow for Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, 88, woman suffrage champion, who died of a heart attack yesterday. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, beside the grave of her friend and associate in the suffrage movement, Alda Wilson. Mrs. Catt was born at Ripon, Wisconsin, January 9, 1859, the daughter of Lucius and Maria (Clinton Lane. At the age of 7 years she moved with her parents from Wisconsin to Charles City, Iowa. In 1880, she graduated at Iowa State College at the head of her class, having paid her own tuition by teaching. She was then appointed principal of the high school in Mason City, Iowa, and at the same time took up the study of law. Later she became superintendent of the schools at Mason City and continued in that capacity until 1`884, when she married Leo Chapman, editor of the Mason City Republican. With her husband, she became joint owner of the paper, assisting in editing it. She also went upon the lecture platform. Mr. Chapman's health failed him in 1885 and they sold the newspaper, removing to San Francisco, where he died in 1886. Mrs. Chapman remained in San Francisco for a year, engaging in newspaper work. She was the first woman reporter in San Francisco. It was there that she became greatly interested in working women and their welfare, especially their rights as wage-earners. She resolved to devote her life to working for women's rights and determined to espouse the cause of equal suffrage in which she was a strong believer from girlhood. - Metropolitan Pasadena Star-News (Pasadena, California) Monday, March 10, 1947 on page 4.
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Carrie Clinton Lane Chapman Catt lived 17 years longer than the average Chapman family member when she died at the age of 88.

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League of Women Voters Founder

Carrie Chapman Catt was the founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women as well as a leading proponent of the Nineteenth Amendment, a leading suffragist, and a woman who experienced discrimination first hand.

After her first husband died, she had some harrowing experiences in the male working world. As a the valedictorian of her class at Iowa State, she wasn't a woman to take these experiences lying down. Although she married again, she fought so that women wouldn't have to experience such things again. Her marriage allowed her the time to work for women's rights in all areas of life. She died in 1947 and we are still fighting for changes in society but at least women have the right to vote!

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing.

Date & Place: 1935 in USA

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In 1859, in the year that Carrie Clinton Lane Chapman Catt was born, from August 28th through September 2nd, the largest solar storm recorded - the solar storm of 1859 - occurred. The Northern lights were seen as far south as Cuba and it knocked out telegraph communications.

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In 1880, Carrie was 21 years old when on February 2nd the city of Wabash, Indiana became the third city in the world to be lit by electricity.

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I'm a Founder of AncientFaces and support the community answering questions & helping members make connections to the past (thus my official title of Founder & Content and Community Director). For me, it's been a labor of love for over 20 years. I truly believe with all of my heart that everyone should be remembered for generations to come. I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in Campbell (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our current Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director

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