TENNESSEE

Countdown in Tennessee, 1920 by Carol Lynn Yelling

Countdown in Tennessee, 1920 by Carol Lynn Yelling

Introduction

Voting right for a woman was grievously proposing in the United States in year 1848 that was organized by the Elizabeth Candy Stanton. In that particular time, it was assumed that only white makes above the age of 21 could able to vote and women could not. In this paper I will discuss the woman voting rights movement “Countdown in Tennessee” struggles. In the revolution of America, John Sevier was considered as one of the most notable Tennesseans who served their distinction after the time of War (Yellin, 1978). The session was reenacted in the year 1789 to 1790, the federal government at that time created the United States territory with William Blount at River Ohio as a governor. This particular act disposed the various schemes to be the place the area of controlling Spanish Louisiana. In year 1796, Tennessee was presented their boundaries and admitted the slave slate union with capital was set Knoxville.

Discussion

Main Idea

Women should have the Voting rights in order to protect their future.

Key Facts

Wife of President John Adams, Abigail Adams wrote in 1776 that it was a good opportunity for a woman to make their status equal to men but her husband not agree with the statement (Francis, 2001). After the time of Civil War on the 15th Amendment for the constitution it was states in favor of United States citizen that there was no matter of race and color in terms of voting, but the woman still remain not eligible to vote.

Since starting of 19th century there is more and more people believe that women should have the voting right. There is a national organization support for women that held in the convention of Nashville 1914. From this time, majority of people from Tennessee settlers were merely influenced by their acclaimed revival that wave from the religious hysteria that swept from that year. The vices and virtues strongly egalitarian were exemplified by the Andrew Jackson who was considered as the ridden politicians of the Tennessee.

Despising such paramount interest, not all of Tennesseans were engage to support suffrage. In 1916, there was an anti-suffragist organization that was argued that the woman suffrage would also endanger the way of life and southern tradition.

The study argued that the since the women lace was in the home and the since the politics has been done ...