Stanton vs Catt: The 70-Year Fight One Woman Never Lived to Win

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STANTON vs CATT go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.

STANTON

I demanded the ballot in 1848, when men laughed me out of the room; I died in 1902 having never once cast a legal vote.

CATT

And I finished the work you started, Elizabeth - the Nineteenth Amendment ratified in 1920, brick by state, coalition by coalition.

STANTON

You won by compromise and patience; I would have burned the whole rotten edifice down and dared them to rebuild it justly.

CATT

Fire makes headlines, Elizabeth, but organization makes law - I counted the votes you were too proud to court, and that is why women vote today.

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