Flint in Genesee County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Carrie Chapman Catt

1859 - 1947

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, July 26, 2021

1. Carrie Chapman Catt Marker

Inscription. Catt supervised campaigns, made speeches and mobilized over a million volunteers. She established a school to train volunteers in organizing, public speaking, parliamentary practice and suffrage history. She made sure workers were assigned to every voting precinct in New York state. Following Susan B. Anthony as President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Catt spent the next 20 years working to gain the right to vote for women. In 1920, after the passage of the 19th Amendment, she formed the Women's League of Voters. Her interests also included world peace and child labor laws.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.

Location. 42° 59.361′ N, 83° 42.702′ W. Marker is in Flint, Michigan, in Genesee County. Marker is at the intersection of Executive Plaza Drive and Penbrook Lane, on the right when traveling east on Executive Plaza Drive. The marker is located in Sitdowners Memorial Park behind UAW Region 1-D Office. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1901 Executive Plaza Drive, Flint MI 48507, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Frances Perkins (here, next to this marker); Fannie Lou Hamer (here, next to this marker); Lucy Gonzalez Parsons (here,

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next to this marker); Elizabeth Cady Stanton (here, next to this marker); Rosie the Riveter (here, next to this marker); Rhonda Cornum (a few steps from this marker); UAW Veterans (a few steps from this marker); UAW Tribute to Women (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Flint.

Also see . . . Carrie Chapman Catt. Excerpt:

In 1892, Susan B. Anthony asked Catt to address Congress on the proposed woman's suffrage amendment.

After working her first suffrage campaign in South Dakota in 1890, which went down in defeat, Catt was asked to coordinate the suffrage campaign in Colorado. She arrived in Denver in early September 1893 and worked until Election Day. Catt traveled more than a thousand miles throughout the Rockies during the next two months and visited 29 of Colorado’s 63 counties.[22] Colorado passed women’s suffrage in November 1893, becoming the second state to give women the right to vote and the first where suffrage was won by popular vote.

(Submitted on March 24, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, July 26, 2021

2. Carrie Chapman Catt Marker

Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, July 26, 2021

3. Location

The marker is located in Sitdowners Memorial Park.

Carrie Chapman Catt image. Click for full size.

United States Library of Congress's Manuscript Division, circa 1913

4. Carrie Chapman Catt

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Speaker at Continental Hall: Public Domain.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 105 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 24, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.