jan 12, 1900 - New gen of women fight for suffrage (1900)

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Carrie Chapman Catt - most effecitve leader, pragmatic and businesslike reformer; Under Catt, suffragists deemphasized argument that deserved vote as matter of right bcuz they were equal to men; Instead stressed giving women vote if they were to continue to discharge traditional duties as homemakers and mothers in city; Argued that women couldn’t properly care for family and children if she couldn’t vote' New gen of suffragists linked ballot to traditional definition of women’s role

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