Lizzie Douglas ("Memphis Minnie")
(189?-1973)
Blues Musician and Songwriter

Grattan, Virginia L. American Women Songwriters: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. Note that the entry for Minnie Douglas is under "Memphis, Minnie."

Mercier, Denis. "Lizzie Douglas (189?-1973)." In Notable Black American Women, Book II, edited by Jessie Carney Smith. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996.

Southern, Eileen. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.

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