1 jan 1916 ano - 1916 - After taking the leadership of the National American Women's Suffrage Association in 1915, Carrie Chapman Catt decided that the tactics employed in the previous several years would not be effective. Rather than immediately arguing for suffrage in federal elections, she sought to gain suffrage in so many states that a suitable majority of state legislatures would support a federal amendment to grant women's suffrage. Her strategy was eventually successful as women's suffrage began to rise in the West,