ONE AND IT CAME
DOWN TO A SINGLE %
VOTE. %
HERE’S A LOOK
BACK AT WHAT %
HAPPENED. %
>> IT’S ONE OF %
THE LONGEST
CIVIL RIGHTS
BATTLES IN OUR %
HISTORY. %
WHICH INVOLVES %
HALF OF THE %
CITIZENS OF THE %
NATION. %
IT’S USUALLY
PORTRAYED AS
WOMEN AFTER THE
VOTE IN SENECA
FALLS IN 1978,
AND SUSAN B.
ANTHONY AND NO %
ONE ELSE WAS %
INVOLVED AND %
THEN IN 1920
THEY WERE GIVEN
THE VOTE. %
ALL OF THAT IS %
OF COURSE %
COMPLETELY
FALSE. %
>> AFRICAN-%
AMERICAN WOMEN %
ARE PRESENT. %
SOME OF THEM %
VERY PROMINENT %
WOMEN. %
AND THOSE WOMEN %
SPEAK TO A %
DIFFERENT %
POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY THAT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN %
WOMEN ARE THE %
EMBODIMENT OF
WOMANHOOD. %
>> THERE WERE %
MILLIONS OF
WOMEN INVOLVED
IN THIS AND MEN. %
MEN WHO %
SUPPORTED % SUFFRAGE FOR %
SUFFRAGE FOR %
WOMEN. ,
,%
THE %
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT WHAT %
WE CALL THE 19th %
AMENDMENT %
FINALLY PASSES. %
3/4 OF THE STATE %
AND THE UNION %
HAS TO APPROVE %
THIS. %
AND THAT MEANS
36 STATES AND BY %
THE SUMMER OF
1920, 35 HAVE %
RATIFIED. %
THEY ONLY NEED
ONE MORE. %
>> TENNESSEE WAS
OUT OF SESSION %
SO THEIR
GOVERNOR ROBERTS
CALLED THE %
LEGISLATURE BACK %
INTO ESSENTIAL
SESSION IN
AUGUST OF 1920. %
>> THE WOMEN AND
MEN ARE WEARING %
YELLOW ROSES TO
SIGNIFY THEIR %
SUPPORT FOR
RATIFICATION OF
THE 19th %
AMENDMENT. %
THE OPPOSITION
THE ANTI
SUFFRAGE BOTH %
MEN AND WOMEN
ARE WEARING RED %
ROSES. %
THEY DID NOT
WANT EQUALITY %
FOR WOMEN AND
THEY CERTAINLY %
DID NOT WANT %
BLACK WOMEN TO
VOTE. %
>> AND THIS IS
NOT A SECRET IN %
1919 AND 1920. %
BLACK WOMEN %
THREATENED TO %
TIP THE BALANCE
OF POLITICAL %
POWER. %
>> AND IT DOES
COME DOWN TO A %
VOTE OF
CONSCIOUS BY THE %
YOUNGEST MEMBER. %
THE TENNESSEE
LEGISLATURE 24-%
YEAR-OLD MAN %
NAMED HARRY %
BURN. %
>> YOU ARE THE %
FATHER OF WOMEN %
SUFFRAGE. %
WHAT IS THAT ALL %
ABOUT? %
>> THAT’S THE
FIRST TIME I’VE %
BEEN SO %
DESIGNATED. %
THE FIRST TIME I
EVER HEARD THE %
WORDS EXPRESSED
IN THAT %
PARTICULAR %
MANNER. %
>> BURN WAS MY %
GREAT GREAT %
UNCLE. %
LEAVES HIS HOME
IN IOTA TO GO %
BACK TO %
NASHVILLE FOR %
THIS SESSION
PLANNING TO VOTE %
FOR THE %
AMENDMENT. %
>> I LEFT MY
FARM NOW WHERE %
MY MOTHER LIVED. %
GOING TO %
NASHVILLE %
PLANNING TO VOTE
FOR WOMEN
SUFFRAGE. %
BUT AFTER I GOT
OVER THERE, MY %
POLITICAL %
ADVISORS, THE
ELDERLY %
STATESMEN %
SUGGESTED THAT %
WE LET IT GO %
OVER. %
>> HE WAS
WORRIED ABOUT %
HIS REELECTION %
CHANCES. %
SO HE’S WEARING %
A RED ROSE. %
>> HE KNOWS HIS %
MENTOR IS NOT %
GOING TO BE %
HAPPY YET HE
CHANGES HIS MIND %
BECAUSE THAT
MORNING HE HAS %
GOTTEN A LETTER %
FROM HIS MOTHER. %
>> I THINK BURNS
HAS A GREAT %
STORY.
SHE’S A %
SUCCESSFUL FARM %
OWNER. %
SHE DRAFTED A
LETTER AND IT %
ARRIVES ON THE %
MORNING OF %
AUGUST18th. %
PAGE TWO IT %
SAYS, VOTE FOR %
SUFFRAGE AND
DON’T KEEP THEM
IN DOUBT. %
THAT’S WHEN %
HARRY REALIZES %
WITHOUT ME THIS
AMENDMENT IS %
GOING TO DIE. %
I’M GOING TO
FOLLOW MY %
CONSCIOUS, %
FOLLOW MOM’S
ADVICE. %
HE CAST A YES
VOTE ON THAT
ROLL CALL %
BREAKING THE %
TIE. %
AND MAKING %
TENNESSEE THE %
36th STATE %
ACQUIRED TO
RATIFIED THAT %
AMENDMENT. %
>> ARE YOU HAPPY
NOW? %
>> YES, I’VE
ANSWER HAD THE %
QUESTION MANY
TIMES AND I AM %
ALWAYS HAPPY I
DID. %
>> IT’S NOT THE
END OF THE %
STORY. %
>> MANY AMERICAN
WOMEN CAN’T VOTE %
AFTER 1920. %
WHAT BLACK WOMEN %
KNOW IS NO 19th
AMENDMENT WILL %
GET TO THEM TO %
THE POLLS IT’S %
INTIMIDATION AND %
VIOLENCE %
CONTINUE TO BE
THE ORDER OF THE %
DAY IN THE %
AMERICAN SOUTH. %
WE HAVE VOTER
I.D. %
REQUIREMENT. %
WE HAVE THE
SHUTTERING OF %
POLLING PLACES. %
WE HAVE THE
PURGING OF VOTER %
ROLLS. %
ALL THOSE THINGS %
MEAN THAT ONCE %
AGAIN WE’RE IN A
ERA OF VOTER %
SUPPRESSION. %
THAT HAS THE %
DISPROPORTIONATE %
FACT OF %
DISINFRANCHISING %
VOTERS OF COLOR. %
>> WE HAVE TO
REALIZE THAT
WE’RE IN ANOTHER
PERIOD WHERE %
VOTING RIGHTS %
ARE THREATENED. %
WHERE OUR
DEMOCRACY THE %
SORT OF %
FOUNDATION OF
OUR DEMOCRACY IS %
THREATENED. %
I THINK THERE’S