Picture of Febb E. Burn

Collection:: Volunteer Voices
Title:: Picture of Febb E. Burn
Date of Original:: 1930
Subject:: Women
Civil rights
Location:: United States, Tennessee, Knox County, 35.99322, -83.93709
United States, Tennessee, McMinn County, 35.42475, -84.61747
Medium:: digital images
photographs
Type:: StillImage
Format:: image/jp2
Description:: Picture of Mrs. Febb E. Burn (Mrs. James L.) in her garden near the family's residence at Hathburn Farm in Niota, TN. Mrs. Burn wrote a famous letter to her son, Harry T. Burn, in which she urged him to vote for women's suffrage. He subsequently cast the tie-breaking vote in the Tennessee legislature which led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. use for: subject: ? 1873-1945
This object was added to the Digital Preservation Network in November 2017.
Metadata URL:: https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A2293
Language:: eng
Original Collection:: Volunteer Voices--http://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/volvoices
Harry T. Burn Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
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