RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
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It was where the movement started
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It was the 19th state to ratify the amendment
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It was the 36th state to ratify the amendment
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It gave women the right to vote first
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tennessee General Assembly passed the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution on August 18, 1920, and on the 24th, Governor Albert H. Roberts certified Tennessee’s ratification. Tennessee provided the 36th and final state needed to ratify the Constitutional amendment.
Detailed explanation-3: -On August 24, 1920, Tennessee became the Perfect 36. That is, it became the final state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote in America. The story of how Tennessee became the Perfect 36 will be retold through the lessons and materials in this trunk.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Tennessee General Assembly took up the question in August, and suffragists and anti-suffragists bore down on Nashville. The State Senate voted convincingly to ratify, but the House failed to do so twice, by two votes of 48 to 48.
Detailed explanation-5: -Some anti-suffrage legislators even fled the state in an attempt to prevent a quorum in the General Assembly. Their efforts failed, and on August 24, 1920, Governor Albert H. Roberts certified Tennessee’s ratification of the 19th Amendment.