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Carrie Chapman Catt
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Empire State Campaign Committee Report - 1914
January 1, 1914
Empire State Campaign Com. REPORT 1914 At the State Convention of 1913, it was voted to unite with other organizations in the formation of a State Campaign Committee. Several meetings were held in New York City before a definite union was effected. The Empire State Campaign Committee was formed on November 1st, and hence has been at work eleven months. Its labored at the beginning under the disadvantage of having to establish its headquarters, secure help, divide work and set campaign machinery in motion. It decided to emphasize for the […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Findings of the Conference on the Cause and Cure of War - 1925
January 18, 1925
First Conference Cause & Cure of War, 1925 January, 18-25 AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE I have been asked by the Program Committee to state the Aims of the Conference; that is, to tell why we are here and what we expect to achieve. Inquiries at our Headquarters indicate a wide misinformation concerning our intentions, and in order to establish a correct understanding of them, I shall begin with the announcement that the Cooperating organizations have agreed that we shall neither discuss the horrors of war, nor argue whether or not […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Address, State Suffrage Conference, Saratoga - August 30, 1917
August 30, 1917
SPEECH DELIVERED BY MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT AT THE STATE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE IN SARATOGA. AUGUST 30TH. 1917 Madam Chairman and comrades, I have wondered what I could say to you this afternoon. I wanted to state to the workers, to those of you who are bearing the heat and burden of this campaign. You do not need a plea for suffrage. I know no arguments for it that are not even better for you. I cannot tell you what to do and how to do it for your five thousand […]
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
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Keynote at Women of the World 2016 – March 12, 2016
March 12, 2016
Good afternoon! Wow! Well, first I wanted to say how honored I am to be here. This is a wonderful, wonderful opportunity. I want to thank my new friend for providing this exciting opportunity for us to share some of our aspirations for a truly global, intersectional movement. I wear a lot of hats, and today I'm going to wear two. One is my hat as a feminist critical race theorist. In that hat, I want to talk to you about intersectionality. Over the last couple days, so many people […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Looking Forward - March 1919
March 1, 1919
Suffrage Convention March 1919 Article C.C.C. There was a triple significance in the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association held at St. Louis in the last week of March of this year. It was the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of equal suffrage as a working principle of government; the Jubilee of the National Association’s, and the inauguration of a new force in American political life. A half century ago, the legislature of the territory of Wyoming had granted women the same political privileges as the men of […]
Alicia Garza
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UC Berkeley Department of Gender & Women's Studies Keynote Lecture - Oct. 5, 2017
October 5, 2017
Y'all are so sweet. Hey! How's everyone? Okay cool. I'm not gonna lecture. I'm gonna rant for a minute, and then we're gonna talk. Cool? It is an honor, an absolute honor, to be here with you all, and again I want to thank the Women & Gender Studies Department for having me. I want to thank all of the sponsors for putting together this event, and I want to thank all of you for spending your time here with us this evening. The world is a hard place to […]
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
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Distinguished Speaker Lecture - April 5, 2018
April 5, 2018
This address was presented at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. It is such an honor to be here. I'm deeply appreciative of the warm welcome. I don't take it for granted. I appreciate you all coming out on a Friday to hang out with me to talk about the current state of the world and to really strategize together about what the hell we're gonna do. [laughter] We live in a world where black lives don't matter. We live in a world where black people have to be […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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The Outlook (Boston Festival) - May 10, 1905
May 10, 1905
In this speech, Catt chastised Western states for the perceived hypocrisy of rebuking woman suffrage while also touting a liberal society. Upon occasions like this, one is expected to express only the thoughts which are gay, optimistic and joyous. I confess that I like that kind of speech at a social gathering, yet my mood bids me talk of more serious things tonight. Within the past eight months, thirty-five of our forty eight states have held legislative sessions. The proceedure of each legislature has now passed into history. These records […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Presidential Address to NAWSA - March 19, 1903
March 19, 1903
This speech was given on March 19, 1903 by President Carrie Chapman Catt at the National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. In it, Catt made the case for woman suffrage, gave an update on the Association's activities, and described the current political climate. This first paragraph was crossed out in Catt’s draft of the speech. Our delegates at least know that it has been one of my cardinal principles that a President should come before the Annual Meeting with a carefully prepared address, but I have […]
Kamala Harris
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Remarks at 2017 Madeleine K. Albright Lunch - May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
People have been asking me, as a newly elected senator, "Are you having fun?" And I wouldn't exactly describe it that way, but I will tell you one of the things that I'm very sad about is that I did not have the honor and pleasure of serving with Senator Barbara Mikulski at the time that she was such a fierce fighter and leader in the United States Senate. [applause] And she's so extraordinary, as we all know from her years of service and just her presence. There is an […]