The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on
account of sex.
The tray is marked on the reverse "Tiffany and Co., 18154, Makers 811,
Sterling Silver, 925/1000/M."
Mrs. Catt had started the suffrage movement in the Philippine Islands
when she visited there in 1912 and organized the first suffrage club in
Manila. In 1937 the Philippine legislature submitted the question of
votes for women to the women of the Islands themselves. The campaign
committee working out of Manila sent native women campaigners throughout
the Islands to be sure all races and religions were represented in the
vote. Mrs. Catt raised money in this country and sent it to the campaign
committee to help with the fight.[40] Over half a million Philippine
women voted favorably on the question, and several months later Mrs.
Catt was presented with a silver plaque, mounted on native woods, that
is now in the Museum's collection.[41] It is inscribed:
In grateful acknowledgement of the moral and financial aid given
by the women of America through Carrie Chapman Catt to the women
of the Philippines through the International Federation of Women's
Clubs in their struggles for their political rights culminating in
ultimate victory in April, 1937.
[Illustration: Figure 19.--BELT GIVEN TO H. W. HIGHAM as the winner of a
6-day bicycle race at Glasgow, Scotland. Gift of Mr. H. W. Higham. In
Division of Transportation. (Acc. 168449, cat. 313867; Smithsonian photo
45992-F.)]