Word: catt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Carrie Chapman Catt: "Because at the International Suffrage Conference in Rome I succeeded in getting a resolution for an official visit to the grave of the Italian Unknown Soldier changed to a one- minute standing tribute to the dead of all nations, a Boston newspaper spoke of my ' perverse and mischief-making mind,' my 'busybody brain...
...Rome Congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, the presidency passed from America to England. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, veteran president of the Alliance, refused renomination. Mrs. Corbett Ashby, English feminist, was elected in her place...
...Congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance opened at Rome. It is the largest that has ever been held, over 1,000 delegates " from all lands " having assembled. Signor Mussolini, opposed to feminism and woman suffrage in Italy, but appreciating advertising, provided Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt (President) with a guard of honor of Fascisti...
...opening session Mrs. Catt turned to Benito Mussolini, who occupied a seat on the platform. " Signor Mussolini, you are the most talked-of man in all the world today. . . . Men tell us that you stand for order, for unity, for patriotism, for a better and higher civilization. These are our ideals, too. . . . We have asked the civilized governments of the world to endorse our program. We ask this Government...
Carrie Chapman Catt ...............................politics...