In Aug 1920, Febb E Burn flipped her son Harry's vote with a few short words: "be a good boy" & "vote for suffrage." His vote was crucial: #Tennessee was the last state where women had hope of picking up the crucial 36th vote for ratification of the 19th Amendment. ⭐️ #VOTE ⭐️
For 72 yrs, women lobbied & agitated for the vote. In 1917, "militant" activists led by Alice Paul organized the 1st White House picket. It lasted months in all weather. Wilson had Paul & dozens others jailed in conditions so abysmal they went on a hunger strike. ⭐️ #VOTE
Mother: Check out Alice Paul, PhD. #JerseyGirl. #Quaker. Led the "militant" wing of the #suffrage movement. Stood on soapboxes & gave bossy speeches. Brought the 72-!!!-year fight for the #vote to victory, then wrote the ERA, still unratified 97!!! years later. @janpurcell2
Alice Paul is buried in the Westfield Friends Burial Ground in Cinnaminson, NJ.
Mother: If my #brain ever lets me leave the house, we gotta go! @janpurcell2
Good piece on Harry Burns & Banks Turner, another brave final vote in the fight for women's voting rights.
Americans died & went to #jail for the right to #VOTE. Are YOU registered? Don't give your power away. #VOTE tennessean.com/story/opinion/…
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