Five local organizations are collaborating to bring you a virtual visit with Elaine Weiss, author of The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. This event is part of our continuing celebration of the centennial of women’s suffrage and the 19th amendment.
Along with our League, the Rutherford Arts Alliance, the American Association of University Women–Murfreesboro, the Middle Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women, and the MTSU President’s Commission on the Status of Women are sponsoring this event.
At the author’s request, please make donations to benefit the League of Women Voters of Tennessee using this link: bit.ly/elaine-for-lwvtn
The Woman’s Hour chronicles the critical last six weeks of the battle for women’s right to vote in the Tennesseee State Legislature. The book follows the activists who led the decades-long fight to grant women the right to vote and sheds light on how close the battle to ratify the 19th Amendment really was. The story celebrates those who changed history and laid the foundation for the civil rights movement that came decades later. Amblin TV (Steven Spielberg) has optioned the book for a TV mini-series or movie.
Get the book
Bookshop (supporting all local bookstores online).
A version of the book for young readers is also available - learn more here.
Our local library also has the book, both in print and in digital format.
More details
Help us plan for the meeting by responding to and sharing this event on Facebook. Get ready to answer some book trivia for the chance to win prizes!
AAUW Tennessee is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Visit with Elaine Weiss
Time: Nov 17, 2020 05:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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