Petition Asking for a Committee on Woman Suffrage in the House of Representatives

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Description

Carrie Chapman Catt, who replaced Susan B. Anthony as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1900, sent this petition to Champ Clark, speaker of the House of Representatives. In it she asked that a Committee on Woman Suffrage be appointed in the House as in the Senate.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.

National Archives Identifier: 306662

Full Citation: Petition from Carrie Chapman Catt of the National American Woman Suffrage Association asking that a Committee on Woman Suffrage be appointed in the House of Representatives as in the Senate; 4/13/1917; (HR65A-H8.14); Petitions and Memorials, 1813 – 1968; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/petition-chapman-catt/, January 9, 2026]

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