Woman's Century Calendar.
Catt, Carrie Chapman, ed. Woman's Century Calendar. New York, NY: Published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, [n.d., but 1899].
12mo; 6 3/4 x 5 1/4"; 81pp; illustrated; original printed glazed cream wrappers; front cover with art nouveau floral design, eternal flame of liberty, circular photographic vignette of woman scholar in academic cap; bound with golden-brown string tied at spine; title at top, the words surrounding the vignette portrait "Not New Women, But New Conditions," at bottom, "Ignorance 1800 Repression - Liberty 1900 Equality," and on a scroll, "The World Does Not Move;" front cover lightly soiled in places with small chip in outer margin. Housed in custom clamshell box with leather label.
First and only edition. This is a very rare publication of the NAWSA. This calendar, issued as Political Science Study Series, September, Vol. 5, No. 3, was probably entirely written by Catt. In the text are portraits of Clara Barton, Susan B. Anthony, Mary A. Livermore, Harriet Blackwell, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott. Preceding the text is a calendar for the year 1900. Pages 1-62 are a year-by-year chronology of landmarks in woman's history, mostly American, from 1800 onward. The balance of the text contains sections on "The Gains of the Century;" "Progress in Education;" "Progress in Occupations and Professions" including industries, teaching, medicine, law, journalism, and the ministry; and "Progress in Social Liberty."
At the turn of the last century, America made a fateful shift towards a world of organization that transformed almost every aspect of life in the United States. Carrie Chapman Catt personified this faith in organization. She believed completely that organization and education were pathways to victory for woman suffrage. The first efforts of her Presidency (1900-1904) were to organize groups, cultivate the press, encourage "education, distribute literature, etc." The Woman’s Century Calendar is a perfect example of what Mrs. Catt had in mind; so much so that, despite her busy schedule, she edited this calendar, spreading her message to and inspiring a new generation of women.
Carrie Catt: Feminist Politician, by Fowler, pp. 105-7.
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