Written Works

Carrie Chapman Catt
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Woman's World Column - Oct. 1, 1885
October 1, 1885
Carrie Chapman Catt (Carrie Lane at the time) retired from teaching after the end of the 1884 school year and married Leo Chapman, publisher and editor of the Mason City Republican newspaper, in February 1885. In the March 5 issue of The Republican, Catt’s name appeared in the masthead as co-editor of the paper with Chapman, and on March 19, the first installment of her new column, “Woman’s World,” was published. The Mason City Public Library has microfilm of every issue of The Republican from 1885 except one, and Catt’s […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Woman's World Column - Sept. 17, 1885
September 17, 1885
Carrie Chapman Catt (Carrie Lane at the time) retired from teaching after the end of the 1884 school year and married Leo Chapman, publisher and editor of the Mason City Republican newspaper, in February 1885. In the March 5 issue of The Republican, Catt’s name appeared in the masthead as co-editor of the paper with Chapman, and on March 19, the first installment of her new column, “Woman’s World,” was published. The Mason City Public Library has microfilm of every issue of The Republican from 1885 except one, and Catt’s […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Woman's World Column - Sept. 10, 1885
September 10, 1885
Carrie Chapman Catt (Carrie Lane at the time) retired from teaching after the end of the 1884 school year and married Leo Chapman, publisher and editor of the Mason City Republican newspaper, in February 1885. In the March 5 issue of The Republican, Catt’s name appeared in the masthead as co-editor of the paper with Chapman, and on March 19, the first installment of her new column, “Woman’s World,” was published. The Mason City Public Library has microfilm of every issue of The Republican from 1885 except one, and Catt’s […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Woman's World Column - Sept. 3, 1885
September 3, 1885
Carrie Chapman Catt (Carrie Lane at the time) retired from teaching after the end of the 1884 school year and married Leo Chapman, publisher and editor of the Mason City Republican newspaper, in February 1885. In the March 5 issue of The Republican, Catt’s name appeared in the masthead as co-editor of the paper with Chapman, and on March 19, the first installment of her new column, “Woman’s World,” was published. The Mason City Public Library has microfilm of every issue of The Republican from 1885 except one, and Catt’s […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Woman's World Column – August 27, 1885
August 27, 1885
Carrie Chapman Catt (Carrie Lane at the time) retired from teaching after the end of the 1884 school year and married Leo Chapman, publisher and editor of the Mason City Republican newspaper, in February 1885. In the March 5 issue of The Republican, Catt’s name appeared in the masthead as co-editor of the paper with Chapman, and on March 19, the first installment of her new column, “Woman’s World,” was published. The Mason City Public Library has microfilm of every issue of The Republican from 1885 except one, and Catt’s […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Woman's World Column – August 20, 1885
August 20, 1885
Carrie Chapman Catt (Carrie Lane at the time) retired from teaching after the end of the 1884 school year and married Leo Chapman, publisher and editor of the Mason City Republican newspaper, in February 1885. In the March 5 issue of The Republican, Catt’s name appeared in the masthead as co-editor of the paper with Chapman, and on March 19, the first installment of her new column, “Woman’s World,” was published. The Mason City Public Library has microfilm of every issue of The Republican from 1885 except one, and Catt’s […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Woman's World Column – August 13, 1885
August 13, 1885
Carrie Chapman Catt (Carrie Lane at the time) retired from teaching after the end of the 1884 school year and married Leo Chapman, publisher and editor of the Mason City Republican newspaper, in February 1885. In the March 5 issue of The Republican, Catt’s name appeared in the masthead as co-editor of the paper with Chapman, and on March 19, the first installment of her new column, “Woman’s World,” was published. The Mason City Public Library has microfilm of every issue of The Republican from 1885 except one, and Catt’s […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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Preface to "The Ballot and the Bullet" – Dec. 1897
December 1, 1897
Catt wrote this preface for “The Ballot and the Bullet,” the third volume of the Political Science Study Series, a pamphlet published quarterly for the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The struggle for individual political liberty has extended over a period of seven hundred years, and even in the most highly civilized nations it is not yet closed. It dates its inception from the period when nations bowed in helpless and unquestioning obedience to royal edicts, and when all political power was concentrated in the hands of one man. The […]
Carrie Chapman Catt
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The Vote and the Voter - April 3, 1918
April 3, 1918
Catt wrote this introduction to the book “The Woman Voter’s Manual” by S.E. Forman and Marjorie Shuler, which was “…sent forth to meet the evident desire of the American woman to know more about her government. Its purpose is not to satisfy that desire but to stimulate it.” The book contains chapters on the Constitution; the federal government; state and local government; the territories; political parties; international relations; taxation and commerce; corporations; and elections. Of the 27,011,330 women of voting age in the United States, more than one-third are now […]
Audre Lorde
categories: Lecture, Speeches, Written Works
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House - Oct. 29, 1979
October 29, 1979
Delivered at the Second Sex Conference in New York, Lorde critiques the presences of racism and homophobia within feminism and argues that true liberation cannot be achieved using patriarchal frameworks. I agreed to take part in a New York University Institute for the Humanities conference a year ago, with the understanding that I would be commenting upon papers dealing with the role of difference within the lives of American women: difference of race, sexuality, class, and age. The absence of these considerations weakens any feminist discussion of the personal and […]