Hamblen County Federation of Democratic Women

09/15/2026

Are YOU registered to vote? 👀

09/14/2026

See you all there! 💙

Are you ready for change?
Join us and the Kristi for Congress TN-01 campaign for a Canvassing Rally Saturday, September 26 at 2pm at Fred Miller Park!

¿Estás listo para el cambio?
¡Únete a nosotros y a la campaña de Kristi Burke en una manifestación el sábado 26 de septiembre a las 2 p. m. en el Parque Fred Miller!

09/11/2026

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September 11th is a day we will never forget.

I still remember where I was when the news came. Like so many of you, I watched our country change in real time.

Today, we remember the innocent lives lost, the first responders who ran toward danger, the service members who answered the call, and the families who continue to carry the loss.

May we never forget the lives behind the numbers, the courage shown that day, and the way our country came together in the days that followed.

We remember. We honor. We will never forget. 🇺🇸

09/09/2026

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09/07/2026

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Labor Day is often treated as summer's last hurrah, but it was born out of a struggle -- one waged by workers, many of them girls and women, who fought, and sometimes died, for rights we now take for granted: the eight-hour day, the weekend, safe conditions, a fair wage. Held on the first Monday in September in the United States and Canada, the holiday marks one of the great fights of the modern era -- and woven through that history, though too often left out of the telling, are the ones who helped lead it. The women who organized, marched, and testified; some were children themselves, laboring in the mills and factories whose conditions they would help change.

To introduce children and youth to the struggles and achievements of working girls and women, the fiction and non-fiction books recommended in this blog post will open their eyes to the tremendous efforts and sacrifices made by those in the early days of the labor movement who won workers the right to fair wages and safe working conditions.

They also make clear that this is not settled history: the struggle for fair wages and safe conditions continues around the world, and, increasingly, here at home, where hard-won rights are once again being chipped away. Our hope is that these stories do more than teach young readers where those rights came from -- that they inspire a new generation to recognize what is at stake, and to carry the fight forward.

To read our blog post, "Fighting For Justice: 25 Books About Women and the Labor Movement," visit https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=9881

For more books focused on the involvement of girls and women in labor movement struggles, visit our "Work & Labor" book section at https://www.amightygirl.com/books/social-issues/work-labor

09/07/2026

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📣 Ready to get involved?! 📣
Join Team Kristi for our HUGE Canvassing Rally event in Hamblen County!
September 26 at 2PM

We've got thousands of doors to knock across Tennessee's 1st District, and we are counting on YOU to help us do it! Join us at the pavilion at Fred Miller Park in Morristown for our kickoff!

We'll meet up, provide training, assign turfs, and ensure everyone has everything they need to get out there and help get Kristi elected!

Are you ready to help us send real representation to Washington for TN-01?! See you there!

📣 ¿Listo para participar? 📣
¡Únete al equipo de Kristi para nuestra gran campaña puerta a puerta en el condado de Hamblen!
26 de septiembre a las 2 p. m.

Tenemos miles de puertas que tocar en el 1 . er Distrito de Tennessee, ¡y contamos contigo para lograrlo! ¡Acompáñanos en el pabellón del Parque Fred Miller en Morristown para el inicio de la campaña!

Nos reuniremos, brindaremos capacitación, asignaremos zonas y nos aseguraremos de que todos tengan todo lo necesario para salir a la calle y ayudar a que Kristi sea elegida.

¿Estás listo para ayudarnos a enviar una verdadera representación a Washington para el 1 . er Distrito de Tennessee? ¡Te esperamos!

08/28/2026

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Congratulations to Joyce Cotner , sworn in today as our District 3 County Commissioner!

¡Felicidades a Joyce Cotner, quien prestó juramento hoy como comisionada del condado por el Distrito 3!

08/25/2026

No one ever did it or will do it like Dolly. 🦋🌈
Nadie lo ha hecho ni lo hará como Dolly. 🦋🌈

I honestly don’t even know what to say.

Dolly Parton was a national treasure, but to those of us from Appalachia, she was something even more than that. She was one of us and she was my blood.

She came from the mountains, from humble beginnings, and she never forgot where she came from. No matter how far her career took her, she carried East Tennessee, Appalachia, and the people who raised her with her.

Dolly showed the world that you could come from a little mountain town and still dream bigger than anyone could imagine. But more importantly, she showed us that success doesn’t have to mean leaving your people behind.

She gave back. She lifted people up. She put books in the hands of children, created jobs, supported families, and brought pride to a part of the country that is too often misunderstood or forgotten.

And for those of us who grew up here, there was something deeply comforting about knowing Dolly was out there representing our mountains with that big voice, big hair, big heart, and unmistakable Appalachian spirit.

My heart is absolutely broken.

The mountains feel a little quieter today.

Thank you, Dolly, for never forgetting where you came from and for reminding the rest of the world just how much beauty, strength, kindness, and talent can come out of these hills.

Rest easy, Dolly. You made us proud. ❤️🏔️

08/19/2026

Today marks the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment—a milestone in the fight for voting rights, but not the end of that fight.

The amendment prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of s*x, but in practice, it did not give all women the right to vote. Women of color continued to face discriminatory laws, intimidation, and other barriers to the ballot. It took decades of organizing and advocacy—and the Voting Rights Act of 1965—to strengthen federal protections against racial discrimination in voting.

That history matters today.

As the SAVE Act threatens to create new barriers to voter registration, we have to remember the lessons of our history: when access to the ballot gets harder, the people most affected are often those who have had to fight the hardest to gain that access in the first place.

The fight for voting rights continues. Tell your senators to vote 'NO' on the SAVE Act!

08/18/2026

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On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the final state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment.

By the summer of 1920, thirty-five of the forty-eight states had ratified the amendment, with thirty-six needed for it to pass. Eight states had rejected it, and three others refused even to consider it. That left as a possible 36th only North Carolina — where defeat was all but certain — and Tennessee, which had extended presidential voting rights to women in a bitterly contested battle the previous year.

On August 18, the suffrage measure moved to a vote in the Tennessee House of Representatives. By the time they got to 24-year-old Harry Burn, the youngest member of the legislature, they were two votes shy of the required majority.

Burn represented a strenuously anti-suffrage rural district, but that morning, a page had handed him a letter from his mother, in which she asked him to "be a good boy and help Mrs. Catt," referencing suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt.

To the astonishment of all, Harry Burn voted "aye", bringing the tally dead even. At the last possible moment, Representative Banks Turner, professed opponent of ratification, announced he wished to be recorded as having voted "aye."

A rush wire from Nashville with the news soon reached a waiting Alice Paul, who hastily stitched the long-awaited 36th star to the flag she used to track ratification in the states. Eight days later, the 19th Amendment was certified, enfranchising 26 million women of voting age.

📸: Alice Paul, national chairman of the Woman's Party, unfurling the ratification banner from suffrage headquarters, Washington, DC, August 18, 1920. (Library of Congress)