News from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
Dianne Bystrom, director emerita of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, will receive the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Service Award on Oct. 25.
During a news conference on Sept. 10, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announced the creation of a Carrie Chapman Catt Award to incentivize high schools to register eligible students to vote as well as the addition of a Suffrage 101 curriculum to the SOS website.
Alexander Heffner, the host of PBS’s The Open Mind, will present “Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age: Media and the 2020 Election” at Iowa State on Nov. 4.
The former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence and current NBC News national security analyst Frank Figliuzzi will present the fall 2019 Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science on Nov. 19.
The Catt Center is accepting applications for the 2019 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics through Nov. 24, 2019.
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of its faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Story County, home to Iowa State University, is the first of Iowa’s 99 counties with an all-female board of supervisors.
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics represents Iowa State University on a statewide coalition that is planning a yearlong celebration of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
New research by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics finds women raised more funds than men in 2018’s Iowa legislative races.
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics will analyze how gender dynamics come into play during presidential candidate appearances at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.