We’re celebrating 100 years of women’s suffrage and Tennessee’s place in history in ratifying the 19th Amendment with the creation of original art throughout the state by an all-female team of professional muralists. See below who’s painting where currently.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 2:30 PM – 3 PM

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In honor of the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the Tennessee State Museum will unfurl a banner replica of the 36-star ratification flag of the National Woman’s Party (NWP) off the veranda on the south side of the building, facing the State Capitol and Bicentennial Mall, on Tuesday, August 18 at 2:30 p.m. CST. Members of the NWP hand-sewed the original gold, white, and purple flag adding a star for each state that ratified the Amendment. Tennessee was the 36th state to ratify and members of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association and the National Woman’s Party both worked toward the success of ratification.

The final star was sewn on August 18, 1920, when word was received by telegram that Tennessee had ratified the amendment, and soon the flag was unfurled from the balcony of the NWP headquarters in Washington, DC. The Museum’s symbolic unfurling of the banner replica is open to the public and will also be livestreamed on the Museum’s Facebook channel. The banner will remain hanging through at least August 26, the date the 19th Amendment was officially signed into law.

For more about the flag, please visit the Museum’s Stories blog for a post by executive director, Ashley Howell, at https://tnmuseum.org/Stories/posts/36-stars-millions-of-stories.

12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM Central Time – https://www.facebook.com/events/1809603449163355/

NPT, the Tennessee State Museum and Nashville Public Library host an online #Suffrage100 event featuring NPT’s “By One Vote: Woman Suffrage in the South.” Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash narrates the documentary.

After the film, producer Mary Makley will lead a discussion with Carole Bucy, Ph.D., Davidson County Historian and professor of history, Vol State; Beverly Bond, Ph.D., associate professor of history, University of Memphis; and historian/author Elaine Weiss (The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote); all of whom appear in the documentary.

This event is free; RSVP requested.

From NPL website – https://library.nashville.org/research/votes-for-women

August 18, 2020 – 11:30 AM Central Time

On the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, join a celebration of inclusion, inspiration, and voice, featuring our special guest Rosanne Cash — singer, songwriter, author, and narrator of the PBS documentary By One Vote: Woman Suffrage in the South.

This virtual experience will culminate with neighbors, universities, and other institutions citywide ringing bells, big and small.

In 1920, when the Tennessee Legislature cast its tie-breaking vote to ratify the 19th Amendment, cities across the U.S. rang bells in recognition — but Nashville did not.

On August 18, we break that silence with the loudest celebration of the summer.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 12 PM – 1 PM

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At the time of the event, join at this link: https://bit.ly/2DSzkis
PLEASE NOTE: Password is “Vote” with a capital “V”

Join Dr. Carole Bucy, Davidson County Historian and Volunteer State College professor, for a discussion on what changed in Tennessee, and what did not, as a result of ratification. Her talk will cover some of the lesser-known events of the summer of 1920, as well as some of the lesser-known women and men who were active in the fight for the vote. She will also talk about the expectations that were fulfilled, and those that were not. Bucy regularly conducts teacher workshops on the incorporation of local history into existing U.S. history courses and speaks to school groups about Nashville history. She was an advisor Museum’s Ratified! exhibition and on the Votes for Women room at the downtown Nashville Public Library.

The link to the online discussion, presented through Webex, will be promoted on our Facebook page and event calendar at tnmuseum.org prior to the discussion. Guests will be able to ask questions during the discussion that will be answered towards the end of the talk, should time allow. Bring your lunch and join us on August 19 at noon Central Time! (1 p.m. EST)

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 2 PM – 3 PM EDT

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Join the National Women’s History Museum and filmmaker Amanda Owen on August 26, 2020 at 2 p.m. ET for a free screening of Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote. This short documentary tells the story of how a 2,000-pound bronze bell became a celebrated symbol of the women’s suffrage movement. The creation of suffragists in Pennsylvania who were agitating for the right to vote, the Justice Bell helped rally support around the cause in the last crucial years leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment.

Register here in advance for your free ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-justice-the-untold-story-of-womens-fight-for-the-vote-tickets-115879571919