Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument

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Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument was gifted to the City of Nashville by the nine women who raised the money and commissioned sculptor Alan Lequire.

Dedicated August 18, 2020 at permanent location, 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville TN. Nine women from across Tennessee raised the funding needed to commission sculptor Alan LeQuire, to create a fitting memorial to the Tennessee suffragists who helped assure the state's ratification of the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920. Tennessee was the 36th and final state required to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting all American women the right to vote in all elections. Five women were chosen to be honored; 4 from Tennessee, including Anne Dallas Dudley of Nashville, Sue Shelton White of Jackson, Frankie Pierce of Nashville and Abby Milton Crawford of Chattanooga. Carrie Chapman Catt, not a Tennessean, came to Tennessee to plan one final battle for the effort that was begun in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Staton held the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY and the 50 years+ that Susan B. Anthony spent her life working to win suffrage. The women gifted the beautiful monument to the City of Nashville to be placed in Centennial Park because the suffragists held rallies there in their efforts to help assure the ratification.

08/28/2026

Dolly wrote this quote after the 2016 Gatlinburg wildfires, explaining why she sent $1,000 a month to close to 900 families who lost their homes.

She said her people had taken care of her for years, and she wanted to put their dreams back on track.

From Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to helping East Tennesseans rebuild after fires and floods, she loved this place, and she took care of its people.

Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.

08/27/2026
08/23/2026

On Saturday August 22, 2026 the League of Women Voters hosted a Women's Equality Day Celebration at the Suffrage Monument. Friends gathered in front of the Parthenon in Centennial Park in Nashville and walked the short path to the Monument. Members heard a short bio of the five suffragists featured on the monument. The LWV President led the group in a pledge of allegiance to the American Flag. Then Alma Sanford, founder of the Monument spoke briefly about how the monument came to be on this site. She introduced Paula Casey, another of the founding members among nine women who raised the money to commission Alan LeQuire to create the beautiful memorial to the Tennessee Suffragists.

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08/19/2026
The public is invited to a celebration of Women's Equality Day at the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument at 5:00 p.m. on ...
08/18/2026

The public is invited to a celebration of Women's Equality Day at the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 22, 2026. The hosts are the Nashville League of Women Voters. This day is celebrated every year as a reminder of the date on August 26, 1920 when the 19th Amendment became a part of the U.S. Constitution.
Guests will gather in front of the entrance to the Parthenon and walk a couple blocks to the Monument. Two women, Alma Sanford and Paula Casey, who both served on the Board of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument, Inc. non-profit organization will be on hand to tell how the monument came to be in Centennial Park. It was not put there by a city or state or federal government. Rather 9 women from across Tennessee raised the money to commission famed artist/sculptor Alan LeQuire to create a fitting memorial to the Tennessee Suffragists. Those women worked for generations to lobby the State Legislature to ratify the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.
The League of Women Voters was founded on February 14, 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, who is one of the Suffragists featured on the Monument. She felt so sure the 19th Amendment would be ratified that she formed an organization to educate women voters about civics and the importance of voting. The LWV has a storied reputation of stressing the importance of voting and helping make sure elections are free and fair. T
The public is invited to attend this FREE event.

We are excited about the America250 event at Centennial Park on July 4th. We will "decorate" the ladies on the Tennessee...
06/19/2026

We are excited about the America250 event at Centennial Park on July 4th. We will "decorate" the ladies on the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument. Beginning at noon, there will be a reading of the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments by Elizabeth Cady Stanton for the first Womens Rights Convention in 1848 in Seneca Falls, NY, as well as Dr. Lea Williams will read one of Frederick Douglass' speeches that praises the suffragists who fought for women's right. Please come out and see the ladies in their America250 regalia and enjoy the readings that will be taking place at the Band Shell nearby.

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2500 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN
37203

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