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Chap 6 Tx Politics - Epis 2 - So.Austin Precinct Mtgs - Suffrage and Prohibition
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As our Nation moves into election cycle - we want to look back for a glimpse of the local precinct 'conventions' held in store fronts on South Congress Ave. in Austin, Texas - roughly 100 years ago.
My Granddad, Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) was born and raised on West Live Oak in South Austin. His father was a prominent lawyer and on the board of the Deaf School. He was active in political debates.
In 1915-18, Texas communities grappled with two important changes to society -- Women's Vote and Prohibition of Liquor - to be debated in every small precinct meeting across Texas. Once women got the vote - the issue of Prohibition was passed on the ballot a few years later -- but not without a meat clever and a pocketknife.
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Music: Democracy by Leonard Cohen
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Stories told by Emmett Shelton / compiled and submitted by Cynthia Shelton.
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