Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

The suffrage movement spread to all corners of the country, reaching big cities and small towns in every region and pulling in women from all walks of life.

Women’s suffrage is sometimes portrayed as the triumphant end of a movement, the hard-won reward for decades of marches, protests, hunger strikes, feeding tubes. Really, it was a beginning.

Former Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers writes this regular column on the history of the U.S. Constitution.

Reading and studying the Constitution are time well spent. Let us all learn more about our Founding Fathers and their ...

Some of the things you know about suffrage, including the inclusivity of the movement, need to change. Over time, rumor can turn into legend.

As the suffragist movement gained momentum, women mobilized to oppose the 19th Amendment. The anti-suffragists became a nationwide force that would influence later generations of conservative women.

As the story is often told, the path to women’s suffrage began in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady ...

Even a century after Tennessee became the last state to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920, there are still a lot of misunderstandings about what that 39-word addition to the Constitution ...

Those for women's suffrage wore a yellow rose, while those against sported a red American Beauty. "It's often called the War of the Roses," Weiss says. Calling it a war is not all that far-fetched.

‘Vote for Suffrage’ The seven-page letter is written in pencil on lined paper. The outer envelope is addressed in pen to Hon. H. T. Burn at the state Capitol building in Nashville, with a red ...

The word "suffrage" comes from the Latin word for judgment or vote.In antiquated English, it also means a series of intercessory prayers. Today, Catholic women are embracing this dual meeting and ...