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Peruvians women unite to form national council of women
For the first time in Peru a permanent women’s organization forms to advance civil rights. Carrie Chapman Catt’s lectures helped unite higher and middle class women into the National Council of Women. Leaders cite class divisions and timidity as obstacles to suffrage, aiming first at legal rights.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Lima
Associated Press
Peru
Republic
University of San Marcos
National Council of Women
Sirs. Catt
Smilar
South America