{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"02 | Women\u2019s Suffrage Battle | Wolfman Jack at 15WLAC | May 2018 Issue","description":"The fight for women\u2019s right to vote came down to a final political battle that took place in Nashville. Host Allen Forkum (editor of The Nashville Retrospect newspaper) interviews Dr. Carole Bucy, the Davidson County Historian and professor of Tennessee history at Vol State Community College, about that dramatic struggle in the summer of 1920 over the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which recognized women\u2019s right to vote. (Segment begins at 04:40) Pictured at Nashville\u2019s Hermitage Hotel in August 1920 are (left to right):Mrs. James S. Pinckard, president-general of the Southern Women\u2019s League for the Rejection of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment; a Confederate veteran who (according to a hand-written caption on the photo) \u201c\u2018fought and bled\u2019 for Tennessee\u2019s states rights\u201d; and Josephine A. Pearson, president of the Tennessee Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. (Image: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Josephine A. Pearson Papers) This editorial cartoon, titled \u201cLest We Forget,\u201d appeared in the Los Angeles Examiner on Aug. 21, 1920. It is one of many from the newspaper clippings collection of Carrie Chapman Catt, then president of the National Woman Suffrage Association. The Southern-gentlemen stereotype was used in many cartoons of the time to represent Tennessee. (Image: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Carrie Chapman Catt Papers) Also in Episode 02, Tom Henderson talks about his personal recording of the April 1975 15WLAC radio show in which deejays Wolfman Jack and Spiderman Harrison ushered a programming change from rhythm and blues and soul to full-time rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. Hear audio excerpts from the pivotal show, including appearances by Muhammad Ali, Oprah Winfrey and deejay Hoss Allen. (Segment begins at 26:50.) Nationally-syndicated deejay Wolfman Jack (right) and WLAC deejay Spiderman Harrison co-hosted the occasion, at which hundreds of people gathered at the Nashville radio station\u2019s studio. (Image: Bill Massey) Audio of the pivotal 15WLAC radio show was captured on reel-to-reel tape by Tom Henderson. Pictured are the tape and his index cards with notes. And finally, Allen Forkum reviews some of the stories in the May 2018 issue of The Nashville Retrospect, including: Minnie Pearl's opinion of \u201cnew\u201d country music (1986); Michael Jordan's baseball games at Greer Stadium (1994); photos of prom preparations at local high schools (1966); a shift in black votes away from the Republican party (1907); and a "fearful tornado" (1868). (Segment begins at 01:30.)   SHOW NOTES A list of stories relating to this episode contained in archive issues of The Nashville Retrospect (archive issues can be ordered by clicking here or on the issue links below): \u2022 \u201cSuffrage Amendment Adopted By House,\u201d Nashville Tennessean, Aug. 19, 1920 (The Nashville Retrospect, August 2010) \u2022 \u201cBattle Began For Suffrage Many Years Ago,\u201d Nashville Tennessean, Aug. 19, 1920 (The Nashville Retrospect, August 2010) \u2022 \u201cBurn Changed Vote On Advice Of His Mother,\u201d Nashville Tennessean, Aug. 20, 1919, (The Nashville Retrospect, August 2020) \u2022 \u201cRatified! Tennessee Women and the Right to Vote: A Look at the State Museum Exhibition,\u201d The Nashville Retrospect, August 2020 \u2022 \u201cEpicenter of the Fight for Women Suffrage; Opposing Sides Headquartered in Nashville\u2019s Hermitage Hotel,\u201d by Tom Vickstrom, The Nashville Retrospect, August 2020 \u2022 \u201cRock \u2019n\u2019 Roll Takeover\u201d by Tom Henderson III, The Nashville Retrospect, May 2018 \u2022 See the May 2018 issue of The Nashville Retrospect for other stories referenced in this episode.   Other related articles: "Wolfman Straightens Square," Nashville Banner, April 29, 1978 "'Hoss' Plays It Like They Want To Hear It," Nashville Tennessean, "Young World" supplement, Oct. 27, 1968   Links relating to this episode: \u201cWoman Suffrage Movement\u201d article in the Tennessee Encyclopedia "Women's Suffrage" at the Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee Woman Suffrage Centennial Collaborative Books by or containing articles by Dr. Carole Bucy Tennessee Suffrage Monument Ryman Auditorium timeline Hermitage Hotel Books by Tom Henderson WLAC history webpage 1510 WLAC Talk Radio Hippie Radio 94.5   Music : \u201cNear You\u201d by Francis Craig and His Orchestra (Bullet, 1947); \u201cQuiet Outro\u201d by ROZKOL (2018); \u201cCovered Wagon Days\u201d by Ted Weems and His Orchestra; and \u201cThe Buffalo Rag\u201d by Vess L. Ossman ","author_name":"Nashville Retrospect","author_url":"http:\/\/nashretro.libsyn.com\/website","html":"