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The Perfect 36: Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage

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This book is packed with period illustrations, cartoons, charts, etc and is the perfect resource for anyone wishing to quickly and easily learn more about the Women's Suffrage Movement in general, or the hard-fought battle to win the deciding vote in Tennessee in particular. Highly recommended!

THE PERFECT 36: TENNESSEE DELIVERS WOMAN SUFFRAGE vividly reflects--thoroughly, thoughtfully, sympathetically, and often humorously--the social upheaval and reform impulse of the turn of the century and early 1900s. Although the 1960s have been described by historians as the "turning point" in the women's rights movement in America, the emotion-charged, pivotal one-majority-vote by the Tennessee House of Representatives on August 18, 1920--making Tennessee the 36th state to ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment--distinguishes the final suffrage campaign as the "launching point" of women's rights.

This truth-is-stranger-than-fiction chronicle, covering not only the Amazonian efforts of national and local pro-suffrage warriors / leaders but those of Tennessee's male politicians and captains of commerce, African-American women, Irish-American women, and Jewish-American women in the vanguard of reform (with generous coverage given to the anti-suffrage stalwarts), could not have more appropriate narrators than the Tennessee women who gave it birth. And that makes this native Tennessee woman, who now enjoys the right to vote and other women's rights so hard-won by our foremothers, very proud of the vision, tenacity, and sheer will power possessed by the beleaguered suffragists, as well as by these modern women who researched the facts / stories, secured the historical illustrations, and wrote the text for this captivating book.

This lavishly illustrated, well-written, immerse-yourself-in-the-story book is sure to become a sought-after collector's item! --MCK

My mind was set on this book after reading it. It touched me. I loved it! More then marvolus this book was! I would like to give special thanks to the wonderful woman who helped make this book be published, I know she worked very, very hard. She is my personal hero, somone who leads the troops, starts it all. I am proud to say this book was awesome!!

This book was fantastic in my mind. I couldn't put it down. I give it 12 stars. And 4 thumbs up! This book had meaning to me. It taught me a lot and I would really like to thank Paula Casey because I know she worked so hard to make this happen and to get the book published.

The Perfect 36 is a classic, and all too rare, story of individual political courage in Tennessee and how it wrote an inspirational chapter in American history. It describes in a compelling way the fragile nature of support for women's suffrage, but reminds us that men and women with convictions can truly change the course of history, and in this case, transformed the rights of women in the United States. An outstanding book by outstanding authors writing about events that should be taught to every school student.

Marilyn Locke, business owner, Tulsa,Ok. WOW! The Perfect 36 is wonderful. It's one of the most interesting books I have ever read. I couldn't put it down! The insults and hardships that the suffragists endured for the right to vote is inspiring. Anyone who doesn't take the time to vote, especially after reading this book, should be ashamed of themselves. One vote can make the difference!!

"The Perfect 36" is excellent. It reads more like a story than a history book -- BEAUTIFUL photographs of people, places, and artifacts of the events surrounding passage of the 19th amendment. The book is "goodhearted" in that it focuses on the democratic victory of suffrage (rather than slashing its opponents). I enjoyed the generous addition of humor throughout the book - lots of the actual cartoons, posters, quotations from the era were provided. Some of the funniest stuff consisted of the slogans and statements of "anti-suffragists." My favorite was: "A Vote for Federal Suffrage is a Vote for Organized Female Nagging Forever." This book made me feel proud, fortunate, and more than a little patriotic.