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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. See Carrie Clinton Lane Chapman Catt: Obituary.
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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.
Nationality & Locations

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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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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Obituary

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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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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Carrie Clinton Lane Chapman Catt 1859 - 1947

Carrie Clinton Lane (Chapman) Catt's History: 1859 - 1947

Introduction

Birthday

Ethnicity & Family History

Nationality & Locations

Early Life & Education

Professional Career

Personal Life & Family

Death

Gravesite & Burial

Obituary

2 Memories, Stories & Photos about Carrie

Carrie Chapman's Family Tree & Friends

Carrie Chapman's Family Tree

Carrie's Friends

Other Carrie Chapman Biographies

Other Chapman Family Biographies