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Title: Suffragettes and Suffragettism
Author : A. A. Lyon
Date Created: 1915-09
Abstract: Written by a Nashville physician and suffrage opponent after the National American Woman Suffrage Association met in Nashville in 1914, this anti-suffrage pamphlet contains Lyon`s opinions of the suffragettes and his rationalization for limited suffrage and political involvement for women. Among his arguments against woman suffrage are assertions that many women will only vote as men tell them and that universal suffrage will "enfranchies four or five million negresses."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001605
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Title: Where There's a Will, There's a Way
Illustrator : Armelee
Date Created: 1920-08-10
Abstract: This political cartoon shows Colonel Tennessee leaping over a wooden fence (constitutional technicalities) to come to the aid of a young woman (suffrage)stranded on a rock (35th state) while attempting to cross a stream (strong opposition) and reach the other side (36th state). A caption in the upper left corner proclaims "What does one care for a high fence and deep water, when such an opportunity presents itself."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001450
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Title: C.P. Simonton in Covington, TN, to Sue S. White in Washington, D.C.
Author : C. P. Simonton
Date Created: 1919-05-06
Abstract: Simonton wrote this letter to Sue S. White, Chairman of the Tennessee Branch of the National Woman`s Party, with a poem about women`s suffrage.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Charles P. Simonton Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003231
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Title: Press release on legal wrangling after ratification of the 19th Amendment
Author : National American Woman Suffrage Association
Author : Carrie Chapman Catt, 1859-1947
Date Created: 1920-09-23
Abstract: This press release contains a 2 page statement by Carrie Chapman Catt about the machinations of the anti-suffragists to derail the ratification of the 19th Amendment by the Tennessee legislature. She refutes their constitutional arguments, calling their efforts "merely filibustering tactics" that were "subversive of majority rule."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001600
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Title: Courting Colonel Tennessee
Illustrator : Clubb
Date Created: 1920-08-11
Abstract: This political cartoon shows a harried Colonel Tennessee on a sofa, his hat on the floor, upturned with its brim labeled 'Tennessee Legislature.' Two young women sit on either side of the Colonel, vying for his attention. One represents 'suffrage' and the other 'anti-suffrage.' A sign tacked up on the wall behind them says 'Special Session,' as the legislature of Tennessee was meeting at the time to decide upon the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001453
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Title: Febb E. Burn in Niota, Tennessee to Harry T. Burn in Nashville, Tennessee
Author : Febb E. Burn
Date Created: 1920-08-17
Abstract: This is the famous letter written by Harry Burn`s mother to her son in the Tennesse state legislature in which she urges him to vote for women`s suffrage. At a special session of the Tennesse Congress, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment in order for it to become law. Harry Burn cast the deciding vote, breaking a tie of 48 to 48.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Harry T. Burn Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001376
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Title: Opinion on the constitutionality of Tennessee`s ratification of the federal suff
Author : Frank Thompson
Date Created: 1920
Abstract: A reprint of the report by State Attorney General, Frank M. Thompson, to Tennessee Governor, A.H. Roberts, on the constitutionality on Tennessee`s ratification of the federal suffrage amendment which was originally delivered in Chatanooga on June 24, 1920.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Rare Books Collection
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001619
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Title: Feminism, a cartoon
Illustrator : Gladys Burleson
Date Created: 1915 - 1920
Abstract: This illustration is titled, "Feminism, a cartoon". It is a political cartoon in support of Women's Suffrage, the early 20th century movement in support of women's right to vote and other rights.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Washington County-Jonesborough Library
Contributing Institution: Washington County - Jonesborough Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002227
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Title: Lest We Forget
Illustrator : Grant
Date Created: 1920-08-21
Abstract: This artistic political cartoon shows Colonel Tennessee offering the ballot to a young woman representing 'suffrage.' Behind them are sketches of the faces of many of the women who fought for women's suffrage, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Dr. Anna Shaw. Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001456
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Title: Story of the 36th State
Author : Harriet Taylor Upton
Date Created: 1920-09-01
Abstract: This four-page article details the struggle for the ratification of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee from the suffragist point of view. Actively involved in the process in Tennessee, Upton gives a dramatic account of the what happened in Tennessee. It is taken from the Headquarters News Bulletin published by the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001599
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Title: If That's Your Idea of a Good Time, Take me Home
Composer; Lyricist : Irving Berlin, 1888-1989
Date Created: 1918
Abstract: Sheet music cover of an Irving Berlin song about a man whose cheap ways do not impress the woman he is courting. Interesting cover image of the fashionably dressed couple in front of a moving pictures booth, with the prices 3 hours for a nickel.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Kenneth D. Rose Sheet Music Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001437
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Title: The Woman`s Bible by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Author : James Calloway
Date Created: 1916-01-01 - 1921-01-01
Abstract: This is a broadside reprint of an anti-suffrage editorial printed in the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph by Rich Printing Company in Nashville, Tennessee. It criticizes Elizabeth Cady Staton`s publication The Woman`s Bible.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Price, Edwin A. Scrapbooks
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001631
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Title: With My Compliments, Madam
Illustrator : Krohler
Date Created: 1920-08-20
Abstract: This political cartoon shows Colonel Tennessee, hat held in one hand, offering a woman the ballot box with his other hand.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001458
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Title: Please!
Illustrator : Kromer
Date Created: 1920-08-09
Abstract: This political cartoon from the New York World shows a young woman suffragist asking Colonel Tennessee, the rustic older gentleman often used to represent Tennessee, for a special session of the Tennessee Legislature for the ratification of the 19th Amendment for women's suffrage.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001449
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Title: I'm Livin' in Hopes of Gettin' a Man, a Real Real Man
Composer; Lyricist : Lew Roberts
Date Created: 1907
Abstract: Sheet music cover of song by Nashville composer and publisher depicting a fashionable woman inspecting a long line of men in search of suitable husband.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Kenneth D. Rose Sheet Music Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001445
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Title: Out of Subjection into Freedom
Author : Marjorie Shuler
Date Created: 1920-09-04
Abstract: This article describes the final phase of the struggle for women`s suffrage, outlining the unsuccessful injunction against ratification in Tennessee, as well as the celebration in Washington following the official federal ratification. It names many of the women, such as Carrie Chapman Catt and Anne Dallas Dudley, who worked in Tennessee for the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The article contains two maps of the United States. The first is "The Suffrage Map in Early August, 1920," showing states which allowed women full suffrage, limited suffrage such as for primaries, or presidential or municipal elections, or no suffrage at all. The second shows "What Tennessee Did to the Suffrage Map," which was to grant full suffrage throughout the country.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001602
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Title: Southern Chivalry Isn't What It Used to Be
Illustrator : McCutcheon
Date Created: 1920-08-24
Abstract: In this political cartoon, an elegantly dressed Colonel Tennessee offers a chair (suffrage ratification) to an young woman representing woman suffrage. He pulls the chair from under her as she sits, and she tumbles to the ground. Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001457
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Title: Question is Will They Get Through in Time for the Presidential Election?
Illustrator : Pernja
Date Created: 1920-08-24
Abstract: This political cartoon shows Colonel Tennessee spreading tacks along the road traveled by a group of women in a Suffrage Ratification car. The tacks represent 'legal technicalities' used by suffrage opponents in an attempt to stop the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001461
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Title: Pessimist and the Optimist
Illustrator : Ray McGill
Date Created: 1920-08-13
Abstract: This political cartoon shows two suffragists wearing "Votes for Women" sashes, standing outside the Tennessee legislature while it's in special session about the ratification of the 19th Amendment on Friday the 13th. One is fearful of what will happen, and the other is optimistically positive about what the legislature will do on the women's suffrage issue. Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001452
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Title: Vamped!
Illustrator : Ray McGill
Date Created: 1920-08-16
Abstract: In this political cartoon, Colonel Tennessee is eyeing a older woman representing suffrage. His comment is "Perfect 36," referring to Tennessee's place as the 36th and final state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment. Her belt "Tennessee" cinches her waist while she exclaims "Oh! Colonel!"
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001451
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Title: Waiting for the Young Lady of the House
Illustrator : Rosenberg
Date Created: 1920-08-16
Abstract: In this political cartoon, the 1920 presidential candidates, Governor James M. Cox and Senator Warren G. Harding, both of Ohio, wait outside the closed door of the Tennessee Legislature. Cox is ready to offer bonbons for the "fair Lady Voter from an admirer," while Harding holds a large bouquet of flowers "to Miss Suffrage with love." Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001454
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Title: Sue S. White in Washington, D.C., to C.P. Simonton in Covington, TN
Author : Sue Shelton White, 1887-1943
Date Created: 1919-05-14
Abstract: Letter to Mr. Simonton regarding his subscription to The Suffragist. Also discusses the current political situation surrounding the movement. Note - In addition to being editor of THe Suffragist, Sue S. White was also Chairman of the National Woman`s Party, Tennessee Branch.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Charles P. Simonton Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000812
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Title: Taking It Back
Illustrator : Thurlby
Date Created: 1920-09-02
Abstract: This political cartoon illustrates the constitutional controversy that ensued after the Tennessee legislature ratified the 19th Amendment. A teacher with a desk labeled "National Woman Suffrage" has her partially eaten apple, labeled "Ratification," stolen by a misbehaving boy from Tennessee, who exclaims, "I didn't give it to ya ta keep!" Behind the teacher, there is a Roll of Honor of the 36 states who had ratified the 19th Amendment on which number 36, Tennessee, is crossed out. Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001455
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Title: Goal
Illustrator : Thurlby
Date Created: 1920-08-14
Abstract: Cartoon from the Seattle Times celebrating the passage of women's suffrage in Tennessee. A woman from the Suffragists basketball team, wearing 'Tennessee' on a ribbon around her head, shoots a basketball over a woman from the Antis team. The goal is labeled 'Ratification' and the basketball '19th Constitutional Amendment.' Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001448
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Title: Government by Injunction
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1920-09-04
Abstract: This editorial, from The Woman Citizen, describes the potential for abuse in the use of judicial injunctions. The author, listed only as A.S.B., claims that one "insignificant judge seeks to over-rule the Governor, a majority of the State Legislature and even the Secretary of State of the United States" and states that suffragists are "filled with indignation and disgust."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001601
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