KNOXVILLE, TN (August 4, 2006) A special Brown Bag noon lecture will be presented at the East Tennessee Historical Society on Wednesday, August 9. “The Legacy and Challenge of Suffrage” will be presented by Wanda Sobieski. Brown bag lectures are free and open to the public. Soft drinks will be available. Please come and learn about the efforts and struggles of Tennesseans to secure women the right to vote and the critical role Tennessee played in the nation-wide movement. The slide show and lecture is presented in conjunction with the “Marching to Victory” exhibit which opens August 7 and runs through October 1 (The exhibit will be unavailable for public viewing from September 6 until September 11.)
Wanda Sobieski is a Knoxville attorney who has conducted extensive research of the Woman Suffrage Movement. She is co-curator of the exhibit. Portions of her personal collection of documents and artifacts are included in the exhibit.
“Marching to Victory: The Woman Suffrage Movement Culminates in Tennessee” is a special temporary exhibit honoring equal voting rights for women. The exhibit includes actual banners used in suffrage parades, letters, music, anti-suffrage propaganda and more. It coincides with the unveiling of the Tennessee Woman’s Suffrage Memorial at Krutch Park near the History Center on August 26. The statue will commemorate three Tennessee women – Lizzie Crozier French, Anne Dallas Dudley, and Elizabeth Avery Meriwether – all members of The Yellow Ribbon Army of Tennessee, a suffrage activist group.
The East Tennessee Historical Society, whose mission is to preserve, interpret and promote the region’s history, is located at 601 S. Gay Street (across from the Tennessee Theatre) in downtown Knoxville. The lecture and exhibit are offered at no charge and is open to the public, Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sunday 1 – 5 p.m. Directions to ETHS are available at www.east-tennessee-history.org. For additional information, call 865-215-8824.
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