Catt’s Winning Plan
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Catt’s Winning Plan was a strategic, state-by-state and federal campaign blueprint devised by suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt to secure the passage of women’s voting rights in the United States.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
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political organizing blueprint ⓘ suffrage campaign strategy ⓘ |
| affiliation | National American Woman Suffrage Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| approach |
gradual expansion of suffrage through state victories
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use of state victories to pressure federal action ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Carrie Chapman Catt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Carrie Chapman Catt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | more militant suffrage tactics such as those of the National Woman’s Party ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Carrie Chapman Catt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | strategic, state-by-state and federal campaign blueprint ⓘ |
| documentedIn | histories of the U.S. woman suffrage movement ⓘ |
| emphasized |
broad-based coalition building
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nonviolent, constitutional methods ⓘ systematic political lobbying ⓘ |
| field |
political strategy
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social movement organizing ⓘ |
| goal |
obtain a federal woman suffrage amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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secure women’s voting rights in the United States ⓘ win woman suffrage state by state ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
contributed to the eventual passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
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helped coordinate national and state suffrage efforts ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | provided an organized roadmap for winning woman suffrage in the United States ⓘ |
| implementedBy | National American Woman Suffrage Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1916 ⓘ |
| influenced | campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | women’s suffrage in the United States ⓘ |
| movement |
first-wave feminism
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woman suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Carrie Chapman Catt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalFocus |
electoral reform
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voting rights ⓘ |
| presentedAt | 1916 NAWSA convention in Atlantic City ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategyComponent |
centralized national coordination of local suffrage work
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coordinated lobbying of Congress ⓘ public education and propaganda for woman suffrage ⓘ pursuit of a federal suffrage amendment ⓘ state-by-state suffrage campaigns ⓘ targeted campaigns in key states to build momentum ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1910s ⓘ |
| usedBy | state suffrage associations aligned with NAWSA ⓘ |
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