May 4 Wednesday
The Dalai Lama will be at the Carpenter Center on Wednesday to a "Shine a Light on Human Rights" being presented for Amnesty International USA in recognition of His Holiness' lifelong commitment to social justice and human rights. The program starts promptly at 9:45 and tickets for $45 can be purchased at the Center. http://www.carpenterarts.org/
Cinco de Mayo!!!
Mother's Day on Sunday!
In honor of Mother's Day on Sunday here is a reprinting of an Aug 22, 2010 LA Times article by Andrew Malcolm and Ashley Powers titled "A mother's prodding led to women's right to vote".
Last week marked the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, the one that gave women the right to vote after a full century of organization, agitation and marching.
On Aug. 18, 1920, the Tennessee General Assembly became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, thus making it official.
Few folks remember, however, that the historic ratification occurred by just one single vote — a man's, of course, in those days.
It was Harry T. Burn, a lawyer and later a banker. He had settled on his opposition to this suffrage nonsense.
The General Assembly suffrage amendment vote came up a 48-48 tie. Burn's vote would defeat it and postpone national ratification at least another month until the Connecticut Legislature vote.
But shortly before the historic legislative tally, Burn received a long letter from his mother back home in Niota.
She said, in part:
"I have been watching to see how you stood, but have not noticed anything yet. Don't forget to be a good boy."
Burn behaved himself. He changed his "nay" vote to "yea."
The rest has become history.
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