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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 OBJECTIVES: 1. What role did the following people have in women’s suffrage in Tennessee? a. Anne Dallas Dudley b. Albert Roberts.

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2 Tuesday, October 14, 2008 OBJECTIVES: 1. What role did the following people have in women’s suffrage in Tennessee? a. Anne Dallas Dudley b. Albert Roberts c. Harry Burn 2. What is the “perfect 36”?

3 First Women’s Rights Convention 1848 – Seneca Fall, New York Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lurectia Mott

4 Ain’t I a Woman - 1851

5 Formed in 1869

6 Arrested for voting in the 1872 Presidential election. She asserted her 14 th Amendment right because, it provides that all “persons” born in the U.S. are “Citizens” who shall not be denied the “privileges” of citizenship.

7 1878 – Women’s Suffrage Amendment is first introduced to Congress stating “the rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of gender.

8 Alice Paul January 1917 to June 1919 more than one thousand different women picketed outside the White House every day and Night.

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18 Suffrage Monument: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott

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23 Anne Dallas Dudley Anne Dallas Dudley 1876-1955 President, Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association, Inc. - First President, Nashville Equal Suffrage League - Prominent statewide leader

24 We have a vision-a vision of a time when a woman's home will be the whole wide world, her children all those whose feet are bare, and her sisters all who need a helping hand: a vision of a new knighthood, of a new chivalry, when men will fight not only for women but for the rights of women."

25 Governor Albert Roberts

26 Harry Burn

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32 1. A. one of Tennessee’s most influential leaders and campaigners of women’s suffrage. B. Governor of Tennessee who was responsible for calling a special session of the Tennessee legislature to consider the ratification of the 19 th amendment

33 ` C. East Tennessee legislator who gave the deciding “yes” vote to ratify the 19 th amendment – Women’s Suffrage/Right to Vote 2.Term used for the 36 states that ratified the 19 th Amendment making it law, with Tennessee being the 36 th (August 26, 1920)

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