now at the grave of hattie wilkins. she was born in 1875 to a prominent family and was educated at a school here in selma. her father put her into a school for boys at which the teacher said that she was the smartest student in the class. 1898 and inied in 1910, she began to be involved with the sum of suffrage movement. that was the first suffrage movement in the state of alabama. she then joined alabama equal suffrage association and was a member there. 9020, women were allowed the right to vote and in 1922, she was elected to the alabama legislature. ostracized bylly the young ladies of selma because they thought it was absolutely scandalous for a woman to be involved in politics. they considered that to be dirty. she served one term, she proposed bills for health care and education and when she came back to selma, she remained involved in women's voter issues. she is very right here between her son and her husband and the folklore is that she was buried standing up because her husband said she always stood up for pr