"On this date in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote… Most Southern states opposed the amendment, and on August 18, 1920, it all came down to Tennessee…"
And that, aside from electing Al Gore to the Senate, may be the last time Tennessee was on the progressive side of history. Alas.
Remembering a good friend and great suffrage scholar Don Enns today.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thewritersalmanac/p/twa-from-friday-august-18-2017?r=35ogp&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
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