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Reconstruction. the newspapers promised, quote, far reaching ramifications from the republican takeover in tennessee. one of those far reaching ramification was that for the very first time in her very long life in tennessee, dorothy cooper is now finding it very hard to vote. this year the new republican tennessee legislature passed a law requiring people to show i.d. they never had to show people in order to cast a ballot. during the debate, democrats tried to insert an amendment exempting senior citizens from the new rule but republicans rejected it. the bill passed on june 1st. the new ten...

Into effect, the states, of course, had to have their say. they had to ratify it. georgia where dorothy cooper was growing up at the time said no to letting women vote. georgia lawmakers voted against ratifying that amendment. men only voting for georgia. ultimately, though, enough other states agreed to the 19th amendment that it became the law of the land in 1920. georgia still didn't get around to extending that supposed federal right to women, that constitutional right for another year until 1921. they didn't get around to ratifying the amendment until 50 years later in 1970. but lucky for...

Lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. this is dorothy cooper, miss cooper is 96 years old. she was born in north georgia on or about the year 1915. at the time miss cooper was born, america did not allow women to vote. women did not yet have that right. in 1919, web when dorothy cooper was a tiny tot, the u.s. congress passed an amendment to the u.s. constitution which gave women the right to vote. ...

>> he hasn't even been tried yet. you have to stop acting as -- it doesn't matter. you are innocent until proven guilty. >> there is a court of public opinion and we ruled him guilty. >> fair point. >> you didn't need to comment -- you didn't even comment on my bradley cooper joke and you missed it. >> the saudi prince wants to let women drive. woodrow wilson who i agree with was history's greatest monster was elected in the 1912. the 19th amendment was not passed until 1920. >> i have a problem with the math. i am still blaming the ladies. >> and it might be the other way around. >> because w...

Lawrence is amazing. kansas is amazing, especially for girls. they elected the first woman mayor in 1887 the next year, filled the council with women. women got the vote in kansas eight years before the 19th amendment. kansas has a lot to be proud of, and kansas has a lot to be on guard out. the precipitating event for this reporting trip to kansas this week happened over a year and a half ago, when a kansas doctor was murdered in wichita. he was assassinated because he provided abortions in his wichita clinic. named george tiller, he was shot and killed inside his church. here is the thing. s...