Tennessee Women's History
August 26, 1920
The Suffrage Amendment to the United States Constitution (19th Amendment) was ratified when it passed a vote in the legislature of Tennessee by a single vote. Read here the story of the last days before final ratification of woman suffrage.
Florence Ellinwood Allen
As a judge, she sat on the case that decided the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Hattie Caraway
First woman elected to the United States Senate, Hattie Caraway, born in Tennessee, represented Arkansas.
Valentina Grizodubova
In 1998, two Nashville women repeated a 1930s record-breaking flight.
Williamson, Alice: Diary
A 17-year-old Gallatin Tennessee girl writes of her resentment of the Union occupation during the Civil War. Entries focus on the war instead of daily life.