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anna: our first question. tennessee has such a pivotal role in the story of women s fight for the vote. do you have a favorite moment or suffragists from the story of tennessee s battle for the 19th amendment? sen. blackburn: when you look at this battle you have to say the entire environment is the favorite moment. when you think about it as the war of the roses and the attitude the suffragists carried in, they were civil. they were gracious. they were polite. tea at theor e hermitage hotel. and then when they had someone who was pro-suffrage they gave them a yellow rose to pin on their lapel. so when you talk about favorite moments you have to talk about that attitude that seems to permeate this. we are going to get it done. we are going to get it done right. we are going to get this job finished. interestingly enough, tennessee had suffrage clubs all across the state. instead of a moment, i would say it was truly that environment they created. that they could do this ....