The Economic Times

In 1920, a mother sent her son a seven-page letter. One line helped influence a historic vote for women in this American state

In August 1920, a heartfelt letter from a mother to her son, a legislator, played a critical role in the fight for women's suffrage. Harry T. Burn's decisive vote for the ratification of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee made history by achieving the necessary 36th state approval for this constitutional change.