n 1912 the US congress created the Territory of Alaska and the Alaska Territorial Legislature. The first act of the all-male legislature was to grant Alaskan women the right to vote. Excluded from the legislation, however, were Alaskan Natives.

Looking for someone from Columbia State - Williamson Co. Campus- who would be willing to work with us to register students on campus. If interested, please contact [email protected]

Learn more here: lwv.org/equal-rights/w…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935): a feminist writer, lecturer, and thinker. She authored Women in Economics, considered a foundational text of early feminism. Gilman’s novel Herland “inspired character Wonder Woman” See: amazingwomeninhistory.com/charlotte-perk…

Do you know why these 4 women are in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame? Read their stories here: mlb.com/cut4/four-grea…

Madam Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, was the world’s first elected female president. Read her full biography here: visiticeland.com/article/vigdis…

Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15)

Tues. Sept. 20th is National Voter Registration Day. Representatives from the LWV of Wm. Co. will be at the Franklin Library (10:00-2:00) and the Brentwood Library (9:30-2:00) to help register voters.

TOMORROW- Hot Topic: Reproductive Justice Post Dobbs v. Jackson: How Women and Their Healthcare are Impacted in TN t.e2ma.net/share/inbound/…

You can check your registration status, change your address, etc, here:tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/ The deadline is TUE. Oct. 11th.

There are 4 Constitutional Amendments on the ballot. For a full explanation, check out the Vote411 website vote411.org or sos.tn.gov/amendments

EARLY VOTING is Open until Nov. 3rd. Make your plan to vote!

Reminder: Early voting ends on Nov. 3rd in Tennessee.

Nov. is Native American Heritage Month: Native Americans were not considered citizens until the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act. Even with this Act Native Americans had to fight state by state for the right to vote which was finally achieved in 1962.

On Dec. 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the American civil rights movement.

Dixy Lee Ray, a marine biologist whose scientific papers and research on marine invertebrates led to public television programs, was born today in 1914. She was appointed to the Atomic Energy Commission and elected as Governor of Washington in 1976. britannica.com/biography/Dixy…

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) “She was the first African American woman to publish a short story, but she was also an influential abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer who co-founded the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs.” womenshistory.org/education-reso…