l-r; Alma Sanford, TWSM, Secretary, Pat Pierce, TWSM, Treasurer, Rosetta Miller Perry, TWSM, Board of Directors, Yvonne Wood, TWSM, President All photos submitted
NASHVILLE, TN — Women from across Nashville came together in Centennial Park to mark Women’s Equality Day.
Five suffragists were memorialized on Saturday. They worked to make Tennessee the last state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
There was a wreath laying at the suffrage monument at the park. Mayor Megan Barry also spoke during the event.
The Suffrage Monument Board was joined by the League of Women Voters, the Parthenon Conservancy, and the Tennessee Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for the event.
Debby Gould, Vice President, League of Women Voters
Brenda Wynn, Davidson County Clerk stands with statue of Frankie Pierce (member of First Baptist Church Capitol Hill).
Pastor Howard E. Jones, Jr., candidate for State Senate, District 19 stands with statue of Frankie Pierce (member of First Baptist Church Capitol Hill).
l-r; Paula Casey, TWSM Immediate Past President from Memphis, Charlotte Reynolds (DAR) and Pat Pierce
Pastor Howard Jones (far right) marches with women honoring Tennessee Suffragists-Women’s Equality Day Celebration Women’s right to Vote. The Women marched from the Parthenon to the Suffrage Monument in Centennial Park. Shown far left is Barbara Clinton with Brenda Wynn, Davidson County Clerk.
l-r; Janice Sontany, Brenda Wynn and Dr. Phyllis Qualls
l-r; Yvonne Woods, Pat Pierce and Joyce Rouse
l-r; Yvonne Wood, Sylvia Rapaport, The Parthenon Conservancy and Pat Pierce
l-r; Charlotte Reynolds, State Regent, Tennessee Daughters of the American Revolution and Pat Pierce
l-r; Phyllis Qualls, Yvonne Wood and Pat Pierce
l-r; Pat Pierce and Barbara Cinton
l-r; Jackie Hillman,TWSM Board of Directors, Adrienne Pakis-Gillon, TWSM VP , (Hon. Sue Shelton White), Alma Sanford, TWSM Secretary, (Hon. Carrie Chapmen Catt), Hon. Megan Barry, Mayor of Nashville, Yvonne Wood, TWSM, President, (Hon. Abby Crawford Milton), Linda Knight, TWSM Board of Directors, Pat Pierce, TWSM Treasurer, (Hon. Anne Dallas Dudley), Rosetta Miller Perry,TWSM Board of Directors, (Hon. Frankie Pierce)