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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.

Juno Frankie Pierce (1864-1954) TN

Juno Frankie Pierce
  • Born shortly after the Civil War, daughter of a former slave.
  • First superintendent of Tennessee Vocational School for Colored Girls (1923-1979).
  • Stood with white suffragists to lobby the Tennessee legislature for women’s right to vote.
  • She encouraged Black women’s club to work with white organizations, such as the Tennessee Equal Suffrage League and the Tennessee League of Women Voters, to get the vote.
  • Addressed the Tennessee League of Women Voters in a convention at the Tennessee Capitol in May, 1920.

Quotes:

“What will the Negro woman do with the vote? We are interested in the same moral uplift of the community in which we live as you are. We are asking only one thing – for a square deal.”

 

“The storm of frenzy factum must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.”