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Carrie Chapman Catt, 1859-1947
Sara Bard Field witnessed blatant gender discrimination while working for the Baptist church in Rangoon, Burma, from 1900 to 1902. Upon her return to the United States, she started a soup kitchen and kindergarten at her husband's parish in Cleveland, Ohio. She and her husband, who were Christian Socialists, later relocated to Portland, Oregon, where Field became the only paid organizer for the state's suffrage movement. Her husband disapproved of her increasing involvement, and in 1914, she obtained a divorce. Afterwards, she settled in San Francisco, where she attended the Women Voters' Convention in 1915. The convention ended dramatically, with Field and two other women setting off on a cross-country automobile trip to promote women's suffrage.
Theodore C. Marceau, c 1901 |