Kate Newell Doggett (1828–1884) was an American

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and

suffragist Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...

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Doggett née Newell was born in 1828. In 1869 Doggett was placed charge of the

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at the Academy of Science. She was delegate of the

National Woman Suffrage Association The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed on May 15, 1869, to work for women's suffrage in the United States. Its main leaders were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It was created after the women's rights movement spl ...

. In 1873 Doggett established the

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the

Fortnightly of Chicago The Fortnightly of Chicago is a woman's club founded in Chicago in 1873 by Kate Newell Doggett. It is the oldest women's association in Chicago. Kate Newell Doggett served as the first president from 1873 through 1879. Early members include Jane ...

. It is the oldest women's association in

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. In 1874 Doggett translated the French book ''The Grammar of Painting and Engraving'' into English. Doggett died in 1884

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