Title: The woman's hour
Description: Nashville, August 1920. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, granting all women the vote, is on the verge of ratification -- or defeat. Out of the thirty-six states needed, thirty-five have approved it, and one last state is still in play -- Tennessee. After a seven-decade crusade to win the ballot, this is the moment of truth for the suffragists, and Nashville becomes a frenzied battleground as the enormous forces allied for and against women's suffrage make their last stand. Elaine Weiss recasts the saga of women's quest for the vote by focusing on the campaign's last six weeks, when it all came down to one ambivalent state.
Subjects: Suffrage, United States, Suffragists, Women, Political activity, History, Women, suffrage, Women, political activity, United states, constitution, Constitutional amendments, united states, Women, united states, history, Tennessee, history
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century