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Ratified! Tennessee Women and the Right to Vote Explores the History of Women’s Suffrage in Tennessee

Updated July 30, 2020 In August of 1920, the nation’s eyes were on Tennessee. The 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote throughout the country, had passed at the federal level a year earlier, and was making its way through state legislatures for ratification. It needed 36 states to approve it, and was stalled at 35. Tennessee was its best hope for ratification. The final vote for ratification at the State Capitol in Nashville on August 18, 1920 was historic not only in its... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 1-29-20
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In Museum's January Book Club Selection, Babies are Bought and Sold

Lisa Wingate's Before We Were Yours, a fictional tale based on a true story, is the January selection for the Tennessee State Museum's Tennessee Book Club. It will be discussed at the Museum on Thursday, January 23 at 6:00 p.m. Tennessee Book Club selections are available at the Tennessee State Museum Store, located in the Grand Hall of the Museum (mention Tennessee's Book Club to get a 10% discount), at Parnassus Books in Hillsboro Village in Nashville (1... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 1-13-20

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