KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Wanda Sobieski is the driving force behind efforts to build the largest women’s suffrage museum in the country in Knoxville. She has made it her mission to educate everyone about Tennessee’s critical role in the passage of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.
The process for a museum began with the women’s suffrage statue in Market Square, followed by the statue of Harry and Febb Burn outside the East Tennessee History Center. Harry was the 36th vote in favor of the 19th Amendment allowing women the right to vote. Originally, he had planned to vote no, but his mother, Febb, stepped in.
Sobieski, the president of the Suffrage Coalition, has dedicated her life to sharing the story…