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By Steve Masler, August 15, 2022
Equality Trailblazers Monumen
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Equality Trailblazers — Honoring 100 Years of Woman Suffrage —
During the last two decades of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th, dedicated Tennessee women campaigned relentlessly for woman suffrage. Remembered here are the stories of some of these trailblazers whose perseverance in . . . — — Map (db m203851) HM
2 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 152 — Marion Scudder Griffin — ca. 1879-1957 —
Marion Scudder Griffin, although qualified, was refused a Tennessee law license for seven years solely because she was a woman. In 1907, she became the first woman attorney in Tennessee after she successfully lobbied the legislature to admit women . . . — — Map (db m116302) HM
3 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, South Memphis — Marion Scudder Griffin — 1879 - 1957 —
First Woman Lawyer in Tennessee 1907 First Woman Elected to the Tennessee House Of Representatives 1922 — — Map (db m149021) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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