Good morning, and happy 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment!
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
- How a Jack Daniels hospitality suite (yes, during Prohibition) and one freshman representative’s mother influenced the final vote for ratification by the state of Tennessee.
- The War of the Roses prior to ratification in Tennessee.
- The U. S. Mint is issuing a new silver dollar today in honor of the centennial of the 19th Amendment.
- How the sash went from a suffragette’s emblem to identifying a contestant’s home state in the Miss America pageant.
In other news:
- Chatham County Commissioner James “Coach” Holmes died of COVID-19 following a 17-day hospitalization.
- Wall Street is betting on Biden to win, and for the first time in a decade, has contributed more to Democrats than Republicans.
- A new poll from WSB and Landmark Communications puts Trump’s lead over Biden within the margin of error.
- The Atlanta City Council voted to approve three months of rent deferment for 18 passenger carriers and 19 cargo carriers at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.
- QAnon, anti-maskers, reopen activists, anti-vaxxers… they’re all related.