Visit our new exhibit!

Explore the contributions of women in politics in Chattanooga through a new display from Special Collections, From Suffrage to Congress: Chattanooga Women at the Polls and in the House. Learn more about Chattanooga’s vital role in the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote in 1920 as well as the pioneering efforts of Marilyn Lloyd, the first woman from Tennessee to be elected to the United States Congress for a full term. Check it out in the George Connor Special Collections Reading Room located on the 4th floor of the Library in room 439.

Women of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association campaigning for voting rights. — CHC-1990-048-001-d. Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association photograph. Courtesy of the Chattanooga Public Library and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Register to vote on campus!

On Wednesday Sept 19 you can quickly and conveniently register to vote! Visit the Chamberlain entrance of the UTC Library between 1:30-3:00pm; Hamilton County election commission deputies will be available to answer your questions and register you as a voter! If you’re already registered in another county and want to switch your registration so you can vote in Hamilton county, you can do that too! Bring your state or federal ID (Driver’s License or Passport preferred) and drop by the Chamberlain entrance to the Library from 1:30 – 3:00pm on Wednesday Sept 19 to register.