- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- What`s the Matter with Tennessee?
- Date of Original:
- 1890/1930
- Subject:
- Civil rights--Tennessee
African Americans
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, 36.17069, -86.77753
- Medium:
- editorials
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- A two page editorial in The Woman Citizen describing the constitutional situation in Tennessee which made calling a special session of the legislature to act on the ratification of the 19th Amendment difficult. After detailing the struggle, the article states that "Tennessee seems to be quite all right, thank you." It is followed by the announcement by Governor Roberts that the special session will convene on August 9th.
Women--Suffrage--Tennessee. -- Constitutional amendments--United States--Ratification. -- Women's Suffrage and Tennessee's pivotal role in passage of 19th Amendment . -- Women. -- Civil and Human Rights. -- Social Reform.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A15675
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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