List of Tennessee suffragists explained

This is a list of Tennessee suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Tennessee.

Groups

• Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association.^[1]

Suffragists

• 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]}
• Julia Sears (1840–1929) – pioneering academic, suffragist in Tennessee.^[12]

Suffragists campaigning in Tennessee

• Margaret Foley.^[13]
• Edna Buckman Kearns.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Abby Crawford Milton . The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, Version 2.0 . Tennessee Historical Society . December 25, 2009 . Carole Stanford Bucy . 2015-09-07.
2. Book: Smith . Jessie Carney . Notable Black American Women . 1992 . VNR AG . 9780810391772 . 125–128 . en.
3. Web site: Wake . Gary . 8 October 2017 . Daviess, Maria Thompson . 2024-08-03 . Tennessee Encyclopedia . en-US.
4. "Services For Mrs. Dudley To Be Held Thursday". Nashville Banner. 14 September 1955.
5. Anastatia Sims (1998). "Woman Suffrage Movement". In Carroll Van West. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Tennessee Historical Society. .
6. "Services For Mrs. Dudley To Be Held Thursday". Nashville Banner. 14 September 1955.
7. Anastatia Sims (1998). "Woman Suffrage Movement". In Carroll Van West. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Tennessee Historical Society. .
8. The African-American history of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780–1930: elites and dilemmas, by Bobby L. Lovett, University of Arkansas Press, 1999, p. 232
9. Book: Tennessee Through Time, The Later Years . 2007 . Gibbs Smith . 978-1-58685-806-3 . 174–.
10. Web site: 14 February 2014 . Black History Month: J. Frankie Pierce founded school for girls | The Tennessean | tennessean.com . 7 September 2015 . Archive.tennessean.com.
11. Web site: Frankie Pierce & the Tennessee Vocational School for Colored Girls . 7 September 2015 . Ww2.tnstate.edu.
12. Web site: Burkhalter . Harris . 2015-04-07 . Mankato’s teacher college was a 19th-century pioneer for women’s rights — for about a year . 2024-12-04 . MinnPost . en-US.
13. Web site: Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers of Margaret Foley, 1847-1968 . 7 August 2024 . Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.
14. Kearns . Marguerite Buckman . Biographical Sketch of Edna May Buckman Kearns . Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920 . Alexander Street.