User:Megalibrarygirl/Convention of Disfranchised Women

The Convention of Disfranchised Women took place in Carnegie Hall on October 29, 1909 and was sponsored by the Interurban Suffrage Council (ISC). The ISC was a group created by Carrie Chapman Catt and made up of smaller suffrage organizations in New York City.

Local women's suffrage groups sent 804 delegates to attend. Mrs. Clarence Mackay presented the conference platform, which was adopted at the convention. Her platform included the assertion that men and women were equal, that it was natural for men and women to cooperate, that laws have tended to restrict women's access to education and full independence, and that it was unlawful to tax women when they had no voice in government.

The conference called for Catt to act as the chairperson for a new party, first called the Woman's Party, and later the Woman Suffrage Party. Overall, the conference was "conservative" in tone, rather than "militant," according to the News-Palladium. This was in contrast to the "pankhurst meeting," which was seen as militant, according to the The Los Angeles Times.

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