The passing of the 19th Amendment - “Tennessee House gives women the right to vote” – (June 4, 1919)
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As long and vast as the history of our country may seem to us, the right of women to vote is shockingly new. Many of us had parents or grandparents who were born before women’s voting rights were codified. In fact, you just heard the famous suffragette Alice Paul report the news: The State of Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution by just ONE VOTE.. and that deciding vote was cast on August 18th of 1920.
Cast:
Alice Paul, the Suffragette News Network (SNN) is played by Jillian Lee Garner
Representative Harry Burn is played by Jason Marsden
Anti-suffragist J.B. Sanford, Chairman of the Democrat Caucus in California is played by Wally Wingert
Suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt is played by Jennifer Cihi
Tennessee House Speaker Seth M. Walker is played by anonymous.
Rep. Joseph Hanover is played by Paul Bahr
Laura Jones, SNN correspondent is played by Michelle Schulman
Carol Tilson, SNN anchor is played by Kourtney Bell
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