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"The anti-suffrage ideal"
In this broadside, the anti-suffragists proclaimed that they sought to separate women from the grunge of politics and advance the ideals of patriotism, morality and Americanism.
- Title:
- "The anti-suffrage ideal"
- Description:
In this broadside, the anti-suffragists proclaimed that they sought to separate women from the grunge of politics and advance the ideals of patriotism, morality and Americanism.
The 19th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution granted women the right to vote. When the Tennessee General Assembly passed the ratification resolution on August 18, 1920, it gave the amendment the 36th and final state necessary for ratification. Suffragists and anti-suffragists lobbied furiously to secure votes during that intense summer in Nashville. The ratification resolution passed easily in the Tennessee State Senate on August 13, but the House of Representatives was deadlocked. When young Harry T. Burn of Niota changed his vote to support ratification of the 19th Amendment, he broke a tie in the House of Representatives and made history. Josephine A. Pearson (1868-1944) was an educator from Monteagle who became president of the Tennessee State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage and the Southern Women's League for the Rejection of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. She worked tirelessly with various women's groups, religious and political leaders throughout Tennessee in an unsuccess
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- Partner:
- Digital Library of Tennessee
- Contributing Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Subjects:
- Women -- Suffrage -- Tennessee
Constitutional amendments -- United States -- Ratification
Campaign literature
Women in public life
Women -- Political activity -- United States
Sex role -- United States -- 20th century
Idealism, American
Broadsides
Political organizations
Women's rights
Women's suffrage - Type:
- text
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- Broadsides
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