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Many meetings and media campaigns later, ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment finally occurred in 1920 after a cliff-hanger struggle in the states and a last-minute change of heart by a young Tennessee legislator who took his mother's advice on how to vote. Marcellus shows how Nashville new...

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Published inJournalism & mass communication quarterly Vol. 87; no. 2; p. 236
Main Author Smith, Jeffery A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC 01.07.2010
Subjects
Historians
Journalism
Journalists
Mass Media
Mythology
Newspaper industry
Professional standards
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Summary:Many meetings and media campaigns later, ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment finally occurred in 1920 after a cliff-hanger struggle in the states and a last-minute change of heart by a young Tennessee legislator who took his mother's advice on how to vote. Marcellus shows how Nashville newspaper publishers used conflicting myths of southern identity and became personally involved in politics as they took opposing sides in a discursive battle for one of the most basic democratic rights.
ISSN:1077-6990
2161-430X