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Women's Suffrage Museum Events & Cultural Center

Mission statement for Suffrage Coalition Inc.’s Project: Women’s Suffrage Museum – Events & Culture Center - Locate and preserve the epic history of the movement that brought democracy to the other half of our citizens. Use accurate, immersive storytelling to inspire future generations to value their rights and faithfully perform their duties as citizens.

Anne Dallas Dudley (1876-1955) TN

Anne Dallas Dudley
  • President of The Tennessee Suffrage League and played a pivotal role at both the state and local levels.
  • Vice president of National American Women’s Suffrage Association.
  • May 4, 1914, led the suffrage parade in Nashville with her children.
  • She saw suffrage as a matter of simple justice.

Quotes:

After an unsuccessful legislative effort in 1917 she said: “We are not cry babies … We will simply work harder for suffrage in Tennessee.”

 

“While men bear arms, women bear armies.”

 

"I have never yet met a man or woman who denied that taxation without representation is tyranny".

 

"This is a government of, by and for the people, and only the law denies that women are people!"