Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography
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Donaldson, Mary Louise. A History of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, 1909-1984. Nashville: Vanderbilt University, 1985.

Fagan, Michele. "Time of Empowerment and Transition: Memphis Nurses During World War II." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 53 (Fall 1994): 180-193.

Howes, Ruth H., and Caroline L. Herzenberg. Their Day in the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.

Lyttle, Hulda M. "A School for Negro Nurses at the George W. Hubbard Hospital and Meharry Medical College: Nashville, Tennessee." American Journal of Nursing 39 (February 1939): 133-38.

Moran, Mary P. "The Life and Times of Lena A. Warner, The Volunteer Nightingale." West Tennessee Historical Society Papers 49 (1995): 229-237.

Riven, Samuel S. Worthy Lives: Medical Men and Women at Vanderbilt in the 1930's. Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1993. Includes biographical sketches of Katherine Dodd and Ann Minot.

Tennessee Nurses' Association. A History of Public Health Nursing in Tennessee 1910-1960. Nashville: Tennessee State Nurses Association, 1960.

Wharton, May Cravath. Doctor Woman of the Cumberlands: The Autobiography of May Cravath Wharton, M.D. Pleasant Hill, Tenn.: Uplands, 1953.

Wooten, Nina E., and Golden Williams. A History of the Tennessee State Nurses' Association: 1905-1955. Nashville: Tennessee State Teacher's Association, 1955.


Internet Showcase


"Mrs. Eileen R. Cunningham." [http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/biolib/hc/cunningham.html]
This online biographical profile includes a photograph of Cunningham, a pioneer in the field of medical librarianship.

"Pioneer Women: Pushing the Frontiers of Science and Engineering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory." ORNL, 1995. http://www.ornl.gov/publications/women/women.html



Manuscripts & Archives


American Nurses' Association, Southern Division. Records. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Online inventory: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/a/American_Nurses_Association.Southern_Division

Chenoweth, Alice Drew. Papers, 1942-77. Archives, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.
Brief online description: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/cgi-bin/ebl/archives.cgi?Row=7

Cunningham, Eileen Roach. Papers, 1915-65. Archives, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.
Brief online description: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/cgi-bin/ebl/archives.cgi?Row=2

Evelyn Tomes Black Nursing Collection. Meharry Medical College, Nashville.

Gabrielson, Rosamond. Papers, 1960-80. Archives, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.

Gault, Alma Elizabeth. Papers, 1925-68. Joint University Libraries, Nashville.

Lyttle, Hulda M. Papers. Meharry Medical College Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

Minot, Ann S. Papers, 1940-86. Archives, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.
Brief online description: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/cgi-bin/ebl/archives.cgi?Row=35

School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University. Records, 1912-69. Joint University Libraries, Nashville.

Sell, Sarah Hamilton. Papers, 1958-82. Archives, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.
Brief online description: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/cgi-bin/ebl/archives.cgi?Row=56

Sweeney, Anne Jean. Papers, 1950-80. Archives, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.
Brief online description: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/cgi-bin/ebl/archives.cgi?Row=52

Tennessee League for Nursing. Records, 1935-66. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

Todhunter, Elizabeth Neige. Papers, 1874-1990. Archives, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.
Brief online description: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/cgi-bin/ebl/archives.cgi?Row=50




Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography

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