Carrie Chapman Catt, born in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1859, was a national leader of the woman suffrage movement and spent most of her life as a tireless crusader for women’s rights. A gifted organizer, political strategist, and public speaker, she succeeded Susan B. Anthony as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1900-04 and 1915-20. She transformed the movement into a purposeful organization and led the successful campaign for ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote. After passage of the amendment in 1920, she helped found and served as first president of the League of Women Voters. Her concern with women’s rights was worldwide, and in 1904 she was elected first president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance and served in that post until 1923. In later years, she was active in the international peace and disarmament movement, and she died in New Rochelle, New York, in 1947.