Memphis Suffrage Monument / Video Testimonials
Mayor Jim Strickland – Memphis Mayor, Memphis Suffrage Monument Committee Member
US Rep. Steve Cohen – Committee Member and Early Proponent of Suffragist Public Art
Paula F. Casey – Chair, Memphis Suffrage Monument Committee; Co-Founder, TN Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail
Michelle Duster – Ida B. Wells’ great-granddaughter, Author of Ida B. the Queen
Bill Haltom – Author, Why Can’t Mother Vote? Joseph Hanover and the Unfinished Business of Democracy
(Coming soon) Anna Laymon – Former Executive Director, Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission
Patrice Robinson – City Councilwoman; Former Chair, Memphis City Council
Tami Sawyer – Shelby County Commissioner
Heidi Shafer – Former Shelby County Commission Chair
Dr. Janann Sherman – Co-author, The Perfect 36: Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage, Committee member
Katharine Traylor Schaffzin – Dean, University of Memphis Law School
Van Turner – Shelby County Commissioner, NAACP Memphis Branch President