Tuesday August 18, 2020

100 years after Tennessee became the last state to ratify
and
8 days before the 100th Anniversary of the Women’s Right to Vote

Inspirational Woman for Today is Tennessee Native:

Hattie Wyatt Caraway

Another interesting fact…In her voting as Senator, Hattie Wyatt Caraway generally supported the New Deal and other legislation of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration; she opposed isolationism, supported veterans and organized labor, and in 1943 became the first woman in Congress to cosponsor the Equal Rights Amendment.  (Courtesy Britannica.com)

To learn more about this inspirational woman, go to History.com’s web page

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-elected-female-senator