Thirteen-year old Carrie Lane, growing up on a Charles City, Iowa farm, discovered her mother and other American women couldn’t vote to decide who would be next president of the United States. She vowed she would do something about it and did. She became the head of the National American Woman Suffrage Association when the 19th Amendment was passed. It was a hard struggle over many years to accomplish that feat. In 1991, the National 19th Amendment Society was founded and purchased Carrie’s girlhood home to honor the memory of Carrie Chapman Catt. The Charles City home has been restored and is now utilized as a center for the study of contemporary issues springing from the fields of interest to which Carrie devoted her life. To learn more about the adventures of Carrie and how a small local group of Charles City women, with the assistance of many friends, developed the center, visit the Society's website. You’ll find the Society provides interesting and unusual programs for adults and children. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic the National 19th Amendment Society is closed. However, it is looking forward to the time when it can open its doors and welcome visitors to the interesting exhibits and fun programs provided.
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