Thank you all for coming out tonight and supporting your local independent and Employee Owned bookstore. [applause] before we begin tonight i want to mention other programming we have coming up on thursday per code next week on tuesday we host former poet laureate along with a few contributors for his new anthology next wednesday we are hosting for the atlantis boston history many more events coming up you can find more information up by the registers when you pick up 19 century protest book page magazine well written in interviews that deserves a livelier but this is a general audience too vividly portrays this is essential reading for how the us became what it is today Holly Jackson and associate professor of massachusetts bostons in the New York Times Washington Post and boston globe as well as other venues the author of one previous book a scholarly study of family values in 19 century American Literature and culture living in cambridge massachusetts we are glad to have one have he
Recess. It is a time when you drink tea and sit on your porch. Nashville became the center of the political universe in the United States for several weeks in the summer ratify the amendment. Tennessee legislature, then women across the country in every state, and every election, election, for the first time. All women would have the right to vote weird it was all coming down to tennessee, and it got really wild. How many women were in america at that point, voting age. 27 million women were voting age. Of course, not all would vote. As we know, for africanamerican women, and for asian women and native american women, they were not allowed to vote under the 19th amendment. They gave the vote to all women. Jim crow laws in the south and other state laws denied the vote. To quite a few women. A minority. 27 million women women were eligible to vote. No one knew how they were going to vote. The politicians were worried about it. It was a president ial election. The president ial candidate
Elaine white is the author of this book, its called the womens power. Ms. White, nashville August August 1920, how was it like . Sleepy Southern City in summer, time you drink tea and sit on your porch and nashville became the center of the political universe in the United States for several weeks in the summer of 1920 because tennessee might be the last and deciding state to ratify the 19th amendment and Tennessee Legislature did, then women across the country in every state, in every election for the first time, all women would have the right to vote and was all coming down to tennessee and got really wild. How many women for at voting age . 27 million women of voting age, of course, not all would vote and as we know for africanamerican women and for asian women and for native american women they would not be allowed to vote, the 19th amendment did give vote to all women but jim crow laws in the south and other state laws denied the vote to quite a few women, minorities, 27 million w
Political universe in the United States for several weeks in the summer of 1920s. Tennessee might be the last in deciding state to ratify the 19th amendment. Its a tennessee legislator did the women across the country in every state and every election for the first time would have the right to vote. It is all coming down to tennessee and he got really wild. How many women were in america at that point . About 27 million women were o of voting age. Of course not all would vote and as we know for africanamerican women and for asian women in native american women this would not be allowed to vote under the 19th amendment. But the laws in the south and other state laws denied the vote to quite a few women in a sizable minority. But 27 million women were eligible to vote and no one knew how they were going to vote and the politicians were worried about it, it was a president ial election so the president and candidates were worried and the governor is very worried and because of political f
[inaudible conversations] good morning and welcome to the 19th annual National Book festival brought to you by the library of congress. [applause] this festival is free of charge thanks to the generosity of donors large and small. He. Please make it brief and to the point, you are giving us permission to use it to web cast and finally i ask that you please turn off your cell phones, thank you and enjoy your day. Good morning, book lovers, how are you . Can we stop for a moment and acknowledge the librarian, hardworking staff and the volunteers . Absolutely. [applause] im chairman for the National Endowment of humanities, we proud to continue partnership of National Book festival, topic of this festival, changemakers and one way we are doing so is to discuss topic on the bottom level of the Convention Center, theyll we will recognize importance of 19th document, documentary on pbs, we have wonderful cutouts of Suffrage Movement, leaders that you can pose with, grandchildren, Fredrik Dou