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Megan Barry – first female mayor of Nashville; first female mayor of Nashville to resign office; Phil Bredesen – mayor of Nashville 1991–99, governor of Tennessee 2003–2011; John Ray Clemmons (born 1977) – member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing the 55th district, in West Nashville; Karl Dean – former mayor of ...
Dr Dorothy Lavinia Brown [1] (January 7, 1914 – June 13, 2004 [2]), also known as "Dr. D.", [3] was an African-American surgeon, legislator, and teacher.She was the first female surgeon of African-American ancestry from the Southeastern United States.
State flag of Tennessee Location of Tennessee on the U.S. map. The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Tennessee, live (or lived) in Tennessee, or for whom Tennessee is significant part of their identity:
Most all-time wins for a coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division [28] Martha Craig Daughtrey (1942–) 2010: First Tennessee woman to be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [29] Jane G. Eskind (1933–2016) 2010: First woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee [30 ...
Potts was born in Nashville, Tennessee, [2] the third child of Dorothy Harris (née Billingslea) and Powell Grisette Potts. She has two older sisters. They grew up in Franklin, Kentucky, where she graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School in 1970. [3] She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in
Gaines joined the University of Kentucky's swim team and made the All-SEC Freshman Team in 2019. She also made the All-SEC Second Team in 2019 and 2020. She participated in the 2021 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships, coming second in the 4 × 200 yd freestyle relay and seventh in the 200 freestyle race; she made the All-SEC First Team that year. [15]
Joyce Watkins is the first Black woman to be exonerated in Tennessee history. A 74-year-old Nashville woman and her late boyfriend have been exonerated for the rape and murder of her great-niece ...
List of people from Nashville, Tennessee; S. ... Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame This page was last edited on 4 October 2024, at 10:28 (UTC). ...