Tennessee Woman Suffrage Centennial Collaborative Teacher Resources

Tennessee Woman Suffrage Centennial Collaborative Teacher Resources

Tennessee Resources

Teaching with Primary Sources – MTSU: www.mtsu.edu/tps
• Links Guide: 
https://library.mtsu.edu/ld.php?content_id=43464079
• Primary Source Set: 
https://library.mtsu.edu/ld.php?content_id=43539863
• Primary Source Set: 
https://library.mtsu.edu/ld.php?content_id=43531327


Teach Tennessee History (East Tennessee Historical Society)www.teachtnhistory.org
• Progressive Era Curriculum Materials: 
http://teachtnhistory.org/index.cfm/m/138/Curriculum_Materials_/
• Mini-essays and History Kits: 
http://www.teachtnhistory.org/index.cfm/m/56/dn/The_Emergence_of_Modern_America_(1890-1930)/sectionId/1/


Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net
• Woman Suffrage Movement:
 https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1528
• Category – Suffrage: 
https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/ecms/suffrage/


Tennessee State Library and Archives – Education Outreach: https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/education
• Women’s Suffrage: Tennessee and the Passage of the 19th Amendment: 
http://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/searchterm/Women%E2%80%99s%20Suffrage%20and%20the%2019th%20Amendment/field/instru/mode/all/conn/and/order/nosort/ad/asc/cosuppress/0
• Woman’s Suffrage in Tennessee Lesson Plan: 
http://tsla.tnsosfiles.com.s3.amazonaws.com/education/Lesson%20Plans/Womens_Suffrage_in_Tennessee.pdf
• “Remember the Ladies!”: Women Struggle for an Equal Voice Online Exhibit: 
http://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/suffrage/index.htm


Tennessee State Museum – Education:  http://www.tnmuseum.org/Teachers/
• Tennessee4Me: 
 www.tn4me.org
• Women’s Suffrage in Tennessee: 
https://www.tn4me.org/article.cfm?a_id=135&minor_id=56&major_id=20&era_id=6
• Traveling Trunks – Understanding Women’s Suffrage: Tennessee’s Perfect 36:
https://tnmuseum.org/understanding-womens-suffrage-tennessees-perfect-36


Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail: http://tnwomansuffrageheritagetrail.com/
• Timeline: 
http://tnwomansuffrageheritagetrail.com/timeline/
• Maps: 
http://tnwomansuffrageheritagetrail.com/maps/
• Additional Resources: 
http://tnwomansuffrageheritagetrail.com/resources/

Regional and National Resources

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.” —  Nineteenth Amendment.

Signature Events

August 2020 Nashville, Tennessee Woman Suffrage Centennial Commemoration,
Tennessee State Museum

2018 Knoxville, East Tennessee History Center
Saturday, March 17, 9:00 a.m., EST: Teacher Workshop: East Tennessee Historical Society and Teaching with Primary Sources–MTSU; Guest Scholar: Dr. Carole Bucy
Sunday, March 18, 1:00 p.m., EST: Speakers: Marjorie Spruill, Carole Bucy, and Wanda Sobieski

2019 Memphis, Pink Palace Museum
Friday, March 29, 9:00 a.m., CST: Teacher Workshop: Pink Palace Museum and Teaching with Primary Sources–MTSU; Guest Scholar: Dr. Beverly Bond
Saturday, March 30, 1:00 p.m., CST: Speakers: Nichole Etcheson, Sarah Wilkerson-Freeman, and Beverly Bond

Independent Scholars/Advisors

• Beverly Bond, University of Memphis
• Carole Bucy, Davidson County Historian
• Lee Curtis, Tennessee State Museum
• Mary Evins, American Democracy Project, MTSU
• Mary Ellen Pethel, History Department/School Archives, Harpeth Hall
• Nancy Schurr, Chattanooga State Community College
• Minoa Uffelman, Austin Peay State University

“I shall never be as thrilled by the turn of any event as I was at that moment when the roll call that settled the citizenship of American women was heard.” —  Abby Crawford Milton of Chattanooga

Anne Dallas Dudley worked statewide and nationally for woman suffrage. This image of Dudley and her children was circulated widely to challenge negative stereotypes of suffragists. Courtesy of the Tennessee Historical Society.

Eight women founded the Nashville Equal Suffrage League in 1911, and Anne Dallas Dudley served as the first president. This banner features the suffrage colors of yellow and white. Courtesy of the Tennessee State Museum.

Mary Church Terrell of Memphis championed racial and gender equality throughout her life. Founder and first president of the National Association of Colored Women, she was also active in the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Abby Crawford Milton of Chattanooga served as the last president of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association and spent the month of August 1920 in Nashville lobbying legislators. She is seen here (center right) shaking hands with Speaker of the Tennessee Senate Andrew L. Todd after the Senate approved the ratification resolution. Courtesy of the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Tennessee Woman Suffrage Centennial Collaborative Logo used by permission only. Contact info@tennesseehistory.org.

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