Women’s Suffrage, 75th Anniversary

The Commission for Women Suffrage Celebration Committee was created to organize activities on campus in 1995 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of women’s suffrage. Committee members included the president of the Panhellenic Council, the director of the Women’s Center, the chair of women’s studies, the chair of the Commission for Women, and the president of the Women’s Coordinating Committee. According to Dr. Norma Cook, chair of the Commission for Women, the goals of the events were to make more students aware that Tennessee was the 36th and deciding state in ratification of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote and that one vote (that of Harry Burn) made Tennessee the deciding state; to recognize how difficult the struggle for suffrage was; and to celebrate the achievements of local and national figures important in the suffrage movement. Events on campus included staffing informational booths at the university center—a one-woman show by Candace Anderson—and the display of women’s suffrage memorabilia in the university center.

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  • Title Women’s Suffrage, 75th Anniversary
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  • Access Date May 30, 2026
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  • Date of Last Update October 20, 2018