Catharine Waugh McCulloch
Catharine Waugh McCulloch | |
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Catharine Waugh McCulloch | |
| Born | Catharine Gouger Waugh June 4, 1862 New York state |
| Died | April 20, 1945 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Rockford Female Seminary Union College of Law |
| Occupation(s) | Attorney, Suffragist |
| Spouse |
Frank Hawthorn McCulloch
(m. 1890) |
Catharine Gouger Waugh McCulloch (June 4, 1862 – April 20, 1945) was an American lawyer, suffragist, and reformer. She actively lobbied for women's suffrage at the local, state, and national levels as a leader in the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, Chicago Political Equality League, and National American Woman Suffrage Association. She was the first woman elected Justice of the Peace in Illinois.