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BY PAT MITCHELL | "Work begins by honestly recalling and reviewing the history of the struggle for voting rights with 20/20 vision. We should be clear-eyed and accurate, putting forward the truth that in this movement and other social justice movements, women of color were organizing, supporting one another and working for change, and all too often, white women didn’t join them in their struggles."

BY GENIE HARRISON | "Given gerrymandering, closed polling places, the pandemic, and President Trump’s assault on voting by mail, it is imperative that each of us plan now to ensure that we can vote, and that our votes are counted by November 3." 

BY DAVID M. DISMORE | August 18, 1920: The day of victory has finally arrived! The Tennessee House approved—by a single vote—the ratification of the 19th Amendment.