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== Carrie Chapman Catt’s address to the LWV == | == Carrie Chapman Catt’s address to the LWV == | ||
| + | This was a speech given by Carrie Chapman Catt, to the League of Women's Voters right after the ninteenth amendment was passed and women were given the right to vote. Now that they have this right, they need to excercise it and become involved in politics and this speech is intended to do just that. The context for this speech is very important because if it was made before women had the right to vote, it would not carry as much weight. However, now that they have this right, they can take immediate action and get involved politically. I think in this slight time of confusion of what exactly to do with this huge, new important right, this speech can help give women much needed direction. -afrisk | ||
Carrie Chapman Catt’s address to the LWV seems to be a call for women to keep fighting and to try to position themselves on the inside of politics as opposed to from the outside. She states that it has been a battle for 60 years to get the right to vote, and argues that it isnt the time to stop. She says on page 121, “Are we going to petition them [the political parties] as we have always done? Well, if so, what was the use of getting the vote?” and, “the only way to get things in this country is to find them on the inside of the political party.” | Carrie Chapman Catt’s address to the LWV seems to be a call for women to keep fighting and to try to position themselves on the inside of politics as opposed to from the outside. She states that it has been a battle for 60 years to get the right to vote, and argues that it isnt the time to stop. She says on page 121, “Are we going to petition them [the political parties] as we have always done? Well, if so, what was the use of getting the vote?” and, “the only way to get things in this country is to find them on the inside of the political party.” | ||
