This is a list of Tennessee suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Tennessee.
Groups
edit- Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association.[1]
Suffragists
edit- Mattie E. Coleman (1870–1943) – physician, suffragist.[2]
- Maria Thompson Daviess (1872–1924) – co-founder and vice-president of the Equal Suffrage League chapter in Nashville, Tennessee; organizer of the Equal Suffrage League chapter in Madison, Tennessee.[3]
- Anne Dallas Dudley (1876–1955) – suffrage activist; in 1920, she, along with Abby Crawford Milton and Catherine Talty Kenny, led the campaign in Tennessee to approve ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution[4][5]
- Abby Crawford Milton (1881–1991) – traveled throughout Tennessee making speeches and organizing suffrage leagues in small communities; in 1920, she, along with Anne Dallas Dudley and Catherine Talty Kenny, led the campaign in Tennessee to approve ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution[6][7]
- Juno Frankie Pierce, also known as Frankie Pierce or J. Frankie Pierce (1864–1954) – African-American suffragist.[8][9][10][11]
Suffragists campaigning in Tennessee
editReferences
edit- ^ Carole Stanford Bucy (December 25, 2009). "Abby Crawford Milton". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, Version 2.0. Tennessee Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ^ Smith, Jessie Carney (1992). Notable Black American Women. VNR AG. pp. 125–128. ISBN 9780810391772.
- ^ Wake, Gary (8 October 2017). "Daviess, Maria Thompson". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ "Services For Mrs. Dudley To Be Held Thursday". Nashville Banner. 14 September 1955.
- ^ Anastatia Sims (1998). "Woman Suffrage Movement". In Carroll Van West. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Tennessee Historical Society. ISBN 1-55853-599-3.
- ^ "Services For Mrs. Dudley To Be Held Thursday". Nashville Banner. 14 September 1955.
- ^ Anastatia Sims (1998). "Woman Suffrage Movement". In Carroll Van West. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Tennessee Historical Society. ISBN 1-55853-599-3.
- ^ The African-American history of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780–1930: elites and dilemmas, by Bobby L. Lovett, University of Arkansas Press, 1999, p. 232
- ^ Tennessee Through Time, The Later Years. Gibbs Smith. 2007. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-1-58685-806-3.
- ^ "Black History Month: J. Frankie Pierce founded school for girls | The Tennessean | tennessean.com". Archive.tennessean.com. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Frankie Pierce & the Tennessee Vocational School for Colored Girls". Ww2.tnstate.edu. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers of Margaret Foley, 1847-1968". Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Kearns, Marguerite Buckman. "Biographical Sketch of Edna May Buckman Kearns". Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920 – via Alexander Street.