Jim Crow Laws Influence the Fight for Women’s Suffrage | Carrie Chapman Catt

Explore the influence segregation in the 1920s had on the suffrage movement in this video adapted from Iowa PBS’s documentary Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior for Women. Jim Crow laws that legalized segregation were common during the 1920s, especially in the southern United States. In the American South, where racism was particularly rampant, Carrie Chapman Catt and her fellow suffragists addressed how suffrage for white women would impact the ability of African Americans to be afforded the same rights.