USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Carrie Chapman Catt wrote this address to
A
the president of the United States.
B
her fellow suffragettes.
C
the king of England.
D
the members of congress.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Carrie Chapman Catt’s presidential address was the highlight of NAWSA’s 49th annual convention. Given on December 13, 1917, it was framed as an address to Congress although never delivered there.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1923, Catt published “Woman Suffrage and Politics: The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement” with Nettie R. Schuler. Carrie Chapman Catt In addition to her suffrage work, Catt was active in several other causes, including international peace.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less. There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.

Detailed explanation-4: -Catt’s purpose is to convince Congress that it is time for woman suffrage. She adopts a confident tone, uses direct quotations, and appeals to logos in order to convince Congress that it is time for woman suffrage. A confident tone is adopted by Catt throughout her entire speech to congress.

Detailed explanation-5: -A skilled political strategist, Carrie Clinton Lane Chapman Catt was a suffragist and peace activist who helped secure for American women the right to vote. She directed the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and founded the League of Women Voters (1920) to bring women into the political mainstream.

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