119: Women’s Suffrage & the Passage of the 19th Amendment
History That Doesn't Suck
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Tennessee House of Representatives Vote
Suffragists and anti suffragists alike hold their breath as state representatives call out their vote in the chamber below. From colonial voices like abigail adams, if not lydia taft, down to tennessee's last minute convert of harry byrne,. we met women and men who played crucial roles in what eventually led to women's suffrage becoming a constitutional right. We've met women like susan b anthony and elizabeth katy stanton who lived for women's Suffrage. Inez milland, who gave her life for women'ssuffrage. i can't help but hear the echoes of patrick henry, give me liberty
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