Posts tagged WRAP
Well Done, Sister Suffragette
Well Done, Sister Suffragette

Did you know that Tennessee was the deciding factor in ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment? I’ve lived here my entire life, and I didn’t realize this until a few days ago. I’m a woman who started voting in Madison County elections in 2011, but I would not have had that privilege if I had been born before 1920. If I were a black woman, I would not have been able to vote in the South without threats to my life and racist voter suppression state laws until 1965.

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Olivia ChinJackson TN, Tennessee, Our Jackson Home: The Magazine, Vol. 5 Issue 1, women, Women's History Month, female, women's rights, voting rights, suffrage, Mary Poppins, Olivia Skelton, history, Nineteenth Amendment, politics, equality, Emmeline Pankhurst, activist, feminism, Susan B. Anthony, Mary Church Terrell, Memphis TN, Civil War, Civil Rights Movement, Black History Month, African American, slavery, black, Robert Church, Oberlin College, Washington D.C., National Association of Colored Women, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Sue Shelton White, protest, Henderson TN, Supreme Court, National Women's Party, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Gabrielle Harris, Wanda Stanfill, Jackson City Plaza, WRAP, RIFA
Gather: March 2019
Gather: March 2019

As the weather gradually warms up this month, we’re all eager to get out of the house and find unique ways to spend our weekends. This March is full of exciting events, new and old, and many of which are as fun for kids and they are for adults. Check them out!

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Events, GuidesKatie HowertonJackson TN, Tennessee, Katie Howerton, Peter Pan, ice skating, entertainment, event, Carl Perkins Civic Center, theatre, West Tennessee GenerosiTEA Party, tea party, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, kids, children, girls, family, fundraiser, The Barn at Snider Farms, beauty, fashion, Motor Mania Car Show, cars, car show, Rusty's TV & Movie Car Museum, Thomas Media, Jackson Fairgrounds, motorcycle, Interfaith 5k, 5k, running, race, KingDom SeeKers Interdenominational Church, RIFA, WRAP, athletics, Prohibition, Jackson Escape Rooms, escape room
Hello Jackson: Mam'selle
Hello Jackson: Mam'selle

Nestled among the bustling restaurants and big box stores on Vann Drive, you can find one of the best local women’s clothing and accessories boutiques in town. Mam’selle is located right next to Starbucks and carries a huge selection of gorgeous pieces from dresses to handbags to candles. Mam’selle is home to many well-known designer lines including Marc by Marc Jacobs, Hobo, Frye, and the recently added Kate Spade.

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Hello Jackson, ReviewsKristi WoodyJackson TN, Tennessee, Kristi Woody, Hello Jackson, Mam'selle, Vann Drive, clothing, women, female, accessories, jewelry, clothes, handbags, purses, candles, decor, Marc Jacobs, Hobo, Frye, Kate Spade, Ellen Hays, Debbie Segal, Memphis TN, Debbie Swacker, denim, girls, trunk show, Union Avenue, Sylvia Hills, 45 Bypass, Starbucks, WRAP, Women’s Resource and Rape Assistance Program, Runway for a Cure, breast cancer, local, local business, local shop, Women's History Month, female entrepreneur