Tennessee State Museum to Close Suffrage Exhibition with 'In Conversation: Elaine Weiss with Carole Bucy, Ph.D.'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – August 18, 2021 – To mark the closing of the Tennessee State Museum exhibition Ratifed! Tennessee Women and the Right to Vote, and commemorate the 101st anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the Museum will host a special event featuring author Elaine Weiss (The Woman’s Hour) in conversation with noted historian Carole Bucy, Ph.D. The discussion on Sunday, September 19 at 2 p.m. CDT will focus on the legacy of the women’s suffrage movement in Tennessee. Limited seating in the Museum’s Digital Learning Center is available. Tickets are FREE but reservations are required via Eventbrite. The event will also be livestreamed on the Museum’s website at TNMuseum.org/Videos.

After the discussion, Weiss will be available to sign copies of her books. A limited number of copies of The Woman’s Hour will be available for purchase in the Museum Store.

Elaine Weiss is a journalist and author whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other national publications, as well as in reports and documentaries for National Public Radio. A MacDowell Colony Fellow and Pushcart Prize Editor’s Choice honoree, she is the author of the highly acclaimed narrative history The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, hailed as a "riveting, nail-biting political thriller" with powerful parallels to today's political environment. Weiss is a frequent media commentator on the themes of women's political organization and voting rights, with recent interviews on NPR's All Things Considered, CBS Sunday Morning, and PBS American Experience.

Dr. Carole Bucy is professor of history at Volunteer State Community College and holds degrees in history from Baylor University, George Peabody College, and Vanderbilt University. She is the Davidson County Historian, an honorary position. As a longtime advocate for local and state history, she regularly conducts educator workshops on the incorporation of Tennessee history into existing US history courses and is a frequent speaker across the state on a variety of historical subjects. She is the author of the textbook used in 4th and 5th Social Studies classes in several school districts across the state and she is currently working on a Tennessee history textbook for college students. She is a much sought-after speaker across the state on subjects related to Tennessee history and women’s history.

Ratified! Tennessee Women and the Right to Vote, the Tennessee State Museum’s 8,000 sq. foot exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, closes on September 26, 2021. Hailed as "...a gorgeous two-gallery exhibit ... (that) tells a more complicated version of the suffrage story,” by the New York Times and “...a stunning achievement that should make every Tennessean proud," by the Nashville Scene, Ratified! explores the story of women’s suffrage throughout the entire state of Tennessee in the decades leading up to the pivotal vote – and its impact on the century that followed.

In Conversation: Elaine Weiss with Carole Bucy, Ph.D. is presented by the Tennessee State Museum and the Tennessee Historical Society with support from The Official Committee of the State of Tennessee Woman Suffrage Centennial.

About Tennessee State Museum

The Tennessee State Museum, on the corner of Rosa L Parks Blvd. and Jefferson Street at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, is home.to 13,000 years of Tennessee art and history. Through six permanent exhibitions titled Natural History, First Peoples, Forging a Nation, The Civil War and Reconstruction, Change and Challenge and Tennessee Transforms, the Museum takes visitors on a journey – through artifacts, films, interactive displays, events and educational and digital programing – from the state’s geological beginnings to the present day. Additional temporary exhibitions, including Ratified! Tennessee Women and the Right to Vote, explore significant periods and individuals in history, along with art and cultural movements. The Museum is free and open to the public Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.. and Sundays from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. For more information on exhibitions and events, please visit tnmuseum.org.

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