Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
He credits the influence of his mother for changing his vote to support female suffrage. His vote broke the tie in the Tennessee legislature, causing Tennessee to pass the amendment. Tennessee was the 36th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, making it the law of the land.
Burn is portrayed by Peter Berinato in the 2004 film Iron Jawed Angels. Winter Wheat, a musical about the ratification of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee, premiered in 2016 after its original version had a limited run in 2014; Harry Burn, his mother Febb, and his younger brother Jack, are major characters. The play was performed again in 2020.
The Nineteenth Amendment vote comes down to a single vote from Senator Harry T. Burn, who is convinced to change his vote from a "Nay" to an "Aye" at the last minute after receiving a telegram from his mother, Phoebe, who reveals that she blames Wilson for her husband's death in the War but lacks the ability to vote against him ("A Letter From ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The year 2020 marks the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as well as the 150th anniversary of the first women voting in Utah, which was the first state in the nation where women cast a ballot. [143] An annual celebration of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, known as Women's Equality Day, began on August 26, 1973. [144]
The amendment required ratification in 36 states to become law, and by August 1920, 35 had ratified it, while eight had rejected it, and five (including Tennessee) had yet to vote. The state senate approved the amendment by a 25 to 4 margin, and it narrowly passed in the state house by a 50 to 46 vote.
Constitutional amendment proposals considered in but not approved by Congress during the 19th century included: The Dueling Ban Amendment, proposed in 1838 after Representative William Graves killed another Representative, Jonathan Cilley, in a duel, would have prohibited any person involved in a duel from holding federal office. [5]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!