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.

Suffragists

• Mattie E. Coleman (1870–1943) – physician, suffragist.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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^{[3] [4]}

Suffragists campaigning in Tennessee

• Margaret Foley.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith . Jessie Carney . Notable Black American Women . 1992 . VNR AG . 9780810391772 . 125–128 . en.
2. Web site: Wake . Gary . 8 October 2017 . Daviess, Maria Thompson . 2024-08-03 . Tennessee Encyclopedia . en-US.
3. "Services For Mrs. Dudley To Be Held Thursday". Nashville Banner. 14 September 1955.
4. Anastatia Sims (1998). "Woman Suffrage Movement". In Carroll Van West. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Tennessee Historical Society. .
5. 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.