 | The New York Times, April 16, 1919 – The Tennessee Legislature gives women the right to vote in presidential elections. Tennessee is the first Southern state to give women partial suffrage in general elections. read clipping The New York Times, April 21, 1919 – Republicans assert, again, that they have enough votes in the US House and Senate to pass the Federal Suffrage Amendment. Alice Paul says the National Woman’s Party is working to get a special session of Congress, so that the Amendment can go to the states while the fourteen State Legislatures, which meet in the spring, are still in session. read clipping The New York Times, April 23, 1919 – Iowa gives women the right to vote in presidential elections, and it is the eighth state to do so this year. The others are: Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Vermont. However in Vermont, the suffrage bill was vetoed by the governor. In Pennsylvania, the House passes a suffrage bill, and it now goes to the Senate. In Florida, although a majority in the House supports a suffrage bill, the state requires a three-fifths majority, and the pro-suffrage forces fall short of that. When Congress reconvenes, there will be fifteen states where women have full suffrage, twelve states where women can vote in presidential elections, and two states where women can vote in primaries. read clipping |  |
