Harry Burn: "I believe in full suffrage as a right" and "I know that a mother's advice is always safest for her boy to follow, and my mother wanted me to vote for ratification." #19thAmendment 4/
“Hurrah, and vote for suffrage" & "don't forget to be a good boy and help" suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt with ratification, Burn's mother wrote:
https://t.co/hJ4nyleHK4 (PDF) #19thAmendment 3/
Tennessee legislator Harry T. Burn, 24, lobbied by his mother in a letter he had in his suit jacket, switched sides from no to yes and broke a tie to ensure passage.
https://t.co/wMWkAcupy3 #19thAmendment 2/
100 years ago today (Aug. 18, 1920): Tennessee adopted what would become the #19thAmendment, giving supporters of women's suffrage the 36 states needed for ratification. 1/