NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Did you know that Carrie Chapman Catt settled in New Rochelle in 1928? The suffrage leader who campaigned for the 19th Amendment lived in a house on Paine Avenue. The dwelling was big enough to fit 200 people for teas Catt hosted for her various causes, including the New Rochelle Chapter of Women's Christian Temperance Society, the New Rochelle Public Library and the Garden Club of New Rochelle.
Catt died in her New Rochelle home at the age of 88 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
This Did You Know came from the New Rochelle Walk of Fame behind the Library Green.
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