Stirring, Engrossing 'Woman's Hour' Recounts The Battle For Suffrage
Elaine Weiss's new book reminds us how near a thing women's suffrage was — it all rode on one yes vote in the Tennessee legislature, cast by a man who changed his mind after pressure from his mother.
We tend to forget how near a thing it was, how outlandish an idea it seemed to some at the time, this concept of women gaining access to the ballot box. In one of history's great thrillers, the battle to ratify the 19th Amendment, almost a hundred years ago, came down to single vote, a single male legislator and â crucially â a single dear, darling, determined mother. And maybe we haven't come such a long way, baby: Recently, a
