WIST Quotations

Catt, Carrie Chapman -- “Is Woman Suffrage Progressing?” speech, Sixth Convention of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, Stockholm (13 Jun 1911)

Dave — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:14:07 +0000

When a just cause reaches its flood-tide … whatever stands in the way must fall before its overwhelming power.

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) American women's suffrage activist
“Is Woman Suffrage Progressing?” speech, Sixth Convention of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, Stockholm (13 Jun 1911)
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Catt, Carrie Chapman -- “The Making of A Pioneer Suffragette,” in The American Scrap Book (1928)

Dave — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 23:11:04 +0000

I give it as my firmest conviction that service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life.

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) American women's suffrage activist
“The Making of A Pioneer Suffragette,” in The American Scrap Book (1928)
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Catt, Carrie Chapman -- Personal Motto

Dave — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:46:01 +0000

To the wrong that needs resistance
To the right that needs assistance
To the future in the distance
Give yourself!

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) American women's suffrage activist
Personal Motto
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Conveyed in a letter from Catt to Aletta Jacobs, after the death of Jacobs' husband.