List of Tennessee suffragists

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.

Suffragists

Mattie E. Coleman (1870–1943) – physician, suffragist. 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. 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"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. . 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 Juno Frankie Pierce, also known as Frankie Pierce or J. Frankie Pierce (1864–1954) – African-American suffragist.The African-American history of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780–1930: elites and dilemmas, by Bobby L. Lovett, University of Arkansas Press, 1999, p. 232 Julia Sears (1840–1929) – pioneering academic, suffragist in Tennessee.

Suffragists campaigning in Tennessee

Margaret Foley. Edna Buckman Kearns.

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