19th Amendment - Dolly Parton

Women have been fighting for the legal right to vote since the 1840's.

In 1890 the National American Woman Suffrage Association, NAWSA,

was established with Susan B. Anthony its leading force.

But women have been

fighting for their rights since the very beginning of time

First they said we couldn’t dance

Then said we couldn’t drink

And unless some man allowed it

They said we couldn’t think

They said we shouldn’t speak 'til we were spoken to

Well, there was just so much back then We weren’t allowed to do

But the first bite of that apple I guess revealed the truth

That’s when Eve got smart

And that’s why Adam don’t like fruit

But that ol' tree of knowledge

Had some limbs that broke

We had to fight for women’s rights

They said we couldn’t vote

It is the duty of the women of this country to secure for themselves the sacred

right to vote

We’ve carried signs, we’ve cussed at times

Marched up and down the streets

We had to fight for women’s rights

Wore blisters on our feet

We got tired of seein' all our dreams go up in smoke

Burdens more than we could tote

Having lies crammed down our throats

But that ol' dam finally broke

When women finally got the right to vote

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

They said a woman’s place

Was staying in her hut

Washin', cookin', cleanin'

Wipin' baby’s butts

They said she’d never see the day

We’d equal up to them

But here we are, we’ve come so far

I guess we sure showed them

The first bite of that apple I guess revealed the truth

That’s when Eve got smart

And that’s why Adam don’t like fruit

But that ol' tree of knowledge

Had some limbs that broke

We had to fight for women’s right

They said we couldn’t vote

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

We were defiant, I’ll admit

But we all knew we couldn’t quit

‘Cause the suffrage amendment must be passed

We protested, we cried out

Finally it came about

Ratified by Tennessee, we won at last

And the first bite of that apple

I guess revealed the truth

That’s when Eve got smart

And that’s why Adam don’t like fruit

But that ol' tree of knowledge

Had some limbs that broke

We had to fight for women’s rights

We won the right to vote

They thought we were a joke

They tried to dash our hopes

With every word they spoke

They tried to revoke

A woman’s right to vote

But we made it!

And August 18, 1920: Woman Suffrage Amendment was ratified

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)

(We want the vote)