Pengilly, Joan Forssmark. "The First Female President of a Coeducational Public Institution of Higher Education: An Historical Examination of the Presidential Tenure of Julia Ann Sears, 1872-1873." Ed.D. diss., University of Akron, 1995. Sears' years at Peabody in Nashville are covered, in addition to the main topic of this dissertation.

Rogers, Lucille. Light from Many Candles: A History of Pioneer Women in Education in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Xi State, Delta Kappa Gamma, 1960.

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