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McKENZIE (August 2) — As part of McKenzie’s sesquicentennial celebration was a celebration of 100 years of women’s suffrage, the right to vote in the United States.
Approximately 75 persons attended a celebratory event to mark a century of voting. The event was held at the First United Methodist Church. Catherine Argo portrayed Susan B. Anthony, a leading advocate of the suffrage movement. After Congress allowed a Constitutional amendment to move to the states, it was Tennessee that was the 36th and final state necessary to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The War of the Roses started during the suffrage movement. Proponents of women’s suffrage wore yellow roses on their lapels. Opponents wore red.
Tennessee’s initial vote was deadlocked, however, a note from one representative’s mother was the turning point. Harry T. Burns, age 24, changed his vote to yes after his mom encouraged him to do so.
Catherine Dinwiddie Argo, a retired teacher, was the descendant of the first woman to vote. She was Ellen Dinwiddie Scates.
Failure is not an option in this undertaking, said Susan Anthony.
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