Protest Committee of Non-Jewish Women Against the Persecution of Jews in Germany Broadside 1933

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Protest Committee of Non-Jewish Women Against the Persecution of Jews in Germany Broadside 1933

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This broadside was issued by the Protest Committee of Non-Jewish Women Against the Persecution of Jews in Germany, which was chaired by Carrie Chapman Catt.

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American Jewish Historical Society Archives

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Protest Committee of Non-Jewish Women Against the Persecution of Jews in Germany

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In August 1933, Carrie Chapman Catt announced the establishment of the Protest Committee of Non-Jewish Women Against the Persecution of Jews in Germany. At the time of that announcement, over 9,000 women had signed the committee’s official protest statement, which was disseminated internationally and to the League of Nations. In recognition of her efforts, Eleanor Roosevelt presented Catt with the American Hebrew Medal in November of the same year. From the guide to the Protest Commi...

Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, suffragist, early feminist, political activist, and Iowa State alumna (1880), was born on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin to Maria Clinton and Lucius Lane. At the close of the Civil War, the Lanes moved to a farm near Charles City, Iowa where they remained throughout their lives. Carrie entered Iowa State College in 1877 completing her work in three years. She graduated at the top of her class and while in Ames established military drills for women, became the first...