Diary of Carrie Chapman Catt

I succeeded in effecting a “Society for the Advancement of Women” with eight officers, half American and half Filipino. As this is the first society… Read More »Hongkong, Aug. 20, 1912

This morning the stars and stripes are flying everywhere from public and American buildings, and it is a holiday. Fourteen years ago to-day the Spanish… Read More »Aug. 13, 1912

I have been to the Dormitory where the girls from the University and Normal Schools are boarded, and where Mrs. Burton, a graduate of DePauw… Read More »August 9th, 1912

We have now finished the schools. With Mr. DeHuff, Superintendent of Manila Schools, we visited about 30 intermediate schools and the High School one morning.… Read More »Sunday, July 28, 1912

We certainly are in the midst of rainy season for it has poured in torrents by the hour and drizzled all the time between for… Read More »Sunday, July 21, 1912

We have been in Manila a week to-day, but there has been no time to write. Our trip to Hongkong was without venture. The China… Read More »Friday, July 19, 1912 Manila Hotel