国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「100 years ago today, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment. After a grueling 14-month ratification campaign, the fight to make the amendment a reality came down to a single member of Tennessee's House of Representatives—Harry T. Burn—choosing to switch his vote. (At the time, few knew that Burn carried a letter in his pocket from his mother, urging him to "be a good boy" and support ratification). Tennessee's approval gave the 19th Amendment the necessary number of state ratifications to become part of the U.S. Constitution (and fulfilled the promise of this campaign button—note its 36 stars!). When the 19th Amendment became the law of the land in 1920, there were no women serving in the United States Congress. Today, a century later, 131 of the 541 senators, representatives, and delegates are women. To mark this historic transformation, we're launching a new project—Senators on Suffrage. A collaboration between our museum and the women of the U.S. Senate, Senators on Suffrage is a digital collection of the senators' reflections on what Nineteenth Amendment means to them—and what we can learn from the suffrage story. Follow the link in our bio to visit the site and explore: https://s.si.edu/senators-on-suffrage #AmericanHistory #BecauseOfHerStory #19SuffrageStories」8月19日 1時21分