No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
About Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Cattwas an American women’s suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. Catt served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1900 to 1904 and 1915 to 1920.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
American social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947)
In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.
American social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947)
To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.
American social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947)
There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.
American social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947)