World's Congress of Representative Women Ribbon
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Title
World's Congress of Representative Women Ribbon
Description
White ribbon with "The World's Congress of 1893" "Department of Women's Progress" "Member's Badge" inscribed in gold. The bottom of the ribbon is frayed. The ribbon is from the World's Congress of Representative Women, which was held in May 1893 within the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was a suffragist, early feminist, political activist, and Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University) alumna (1880). She was president (1900-1904 and 1915-1920) of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She also formed and was president (1904-1923) of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. In 1920, she helped found the League of Women Voters.
Creator
World's Congress of Representative Women
Source
RS 21/7/3
Publisher
Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
Date
1893
2010-11-04
Rights
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Relation
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers, 1878-ongoing; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/arch/rgrp/21-7-3.html
Format
Badges; 7.62 x 22.86 cm
Type
Image
Identifier
21-07-003.Catt.2002-R001.021
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