The League of Women Votersof Nashville

A Brief History of Women’sSuffrage and the

Mission of the LWV

Mission

To encourage active, informed involvement of citizens

in our government

The Fight for Suffrage

Sojourner Truth1797-1883

Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony1815-1902 1820-1906

Washington Parade for Women’s Rights

Washington Parade for Women’s Rights

Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association

Early 1900’s

Ida Wells Barnett1862-1931

Anne Dallas Dudley1876-1955

WWI Era Suffragists

The fight gets ugly

Alice Paul1885-1977

The Opposition

Opposition Cartoon

The Yellow Rose

Hermitage Hotel

Nashville, Tennessee

LWV Poster to Commemorate Suffrage Parade in Nashville

Relief in the State Capitol

Tennessee Makes the Headlines

Carrie Chapman Catt, FounderLeague of Women Voters

1860-1947

Molly Todd, FounderLeague of Women Voters of Nashville

1904-1998

Equal Rights Amendment