suffrage in Florida is unlikely, but in Tennessee last year, the Legislature granted women the right to vote in presidential elections. The National Woman’s Party is urging the Democratic governor of Tennessee to call a special session of the Legislature. read clipping The New York Times, June 22, 1920 – Front Page – The National Woman’s Party says they will fight the Democrats if they do not deliver the thirty-sixth state needed for ratification. The State Democratic Convention in Tennessee has already demanded that the governor call a special session to determine if women must pay the state poll tax in the upcoming presidential election. read clipping The New York Times, June 22, 1920 – Republican women and members of the National Woman’s Party meet with presidential nominee Warren G. Harding to demand he influence the members of his party to ratify the Suffrage Amendment. Alice Paul threatens, if the Suffrage Amendment is not ratified by the end of the Democratic National Convention, women may form their own political party separate from the Republicans and Democrats. read clipping The New York Times, June 23, 1920 – After meeting with the National Woman’s Party, Warren G. Harding says he cannot influence the governors of Connecticut and Vermont to call legislative sessions to address suffrage. Alice Paul questions why the Republican national platform calls for ratification of the Suffrage Amendment, if the Republicans are unable to deliver on that plank. read clipping | 
