Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography
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Books, Articles, & Theses


DeFiore, Jayne Crumpler. "Come, and Bring the Ladies: Tennessee Women and the Politics of Opportunity During the Presidential Campaigns of 1840 and 1844." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 51 (1992): 197-212.

Goodstein, Anita Shafer. "A Rare Alliance: African American and White Women in the Tennessee Elections of 1919 and 1920." Journal of Southern History 64 (May 1998): 219-246.

Jacks, Steve. Anna Belle Clement O'Brien: The First Lady of Tennessee Politics. Wartburg, Tenn.: Morgan County Publishing Company, 1995.

Kincheloe, Joe L., Jr. "Transcending Role Restrictions: Women at Camp Meetings and Political Rallies." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 40 (Summer 1981): 158-69.

Marszalek, John F. "The Eaton Affair: Society and Politics." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 55 (1996): 6-19.

------. The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House. New York: The Free Press, 1997.

Sikes, Lewright B. "Gustavus Adolphus Henry: Champion of Lost Causes." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 50 (Fall 1991): 173-82.
Henry's wife, Marion, expressed her political opinions openly in her correspondence with him. Also includes a portrait (photograph?) of Marion McClure Henry (p. 174).

Walker, Nancy Whooten. Out of a Clear Blue Sky: Tennessee's First Ladies and Their Husbands. Cleveland, Tenn.: Published by the author, 1971.



Manuscripts & Archives


Baker, Irene Bailey. Papers, 1964-65. University of Tennessee Library, Knoxville.

Coe, Frances. Papers, 1940s-1950s. Special Collections, University of Memphis Library.

Correspondence by Subject: Tennessee Democratic Party. Papers, 1938. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
Includes correspondence of the women's division of the Democratic Party to increase voter participation in the 1938 election.

Kefauver, Senator Estes. Collection. Special Collections, Hoskins Library, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Online manuscript inventory: http://www.lib.utk.edu/UTK-Online-Catalog/manuscripts/a0837 [Large file: 827K)
Includes correspondence with Martha Ragland, the Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women, and the Women's National Democratic Club.

League of Women Voters of Tennessee. Papers, 1920-1989. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
Online description: http://www.lib.utk.edu:70/1/Remote-Online-Catalogs/TN-State-Library/92-087.asc

Nielsen Collection. Special Collections, Hoskins Library, University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Brief online description: http://www.lib.utk.edu:80/UTK-Online-Catalog/manuscripts/a1012

Ragland, Martha. Papers. Schlesinger Library, Harvard University.

Tyson, Lawrence Davis. Papers, 188?-1933. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Online manuscript inventory: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/t/Tyson,Lawrence_Davis
This collection, in addition to coverage of Tyson's career, documents "...the active participation of women in his election campaigns."

Wurzburg, Jocelyn Maurie Dan. Papers, 1964-75. Special Collections, University of Memphis Library.


Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography

Ken Middleton kmiddlet@frank.mtsu.edu
Todd Library, Middle Tennessee State University