Buchanan, Margaret. Volunteers in the Service of the King: Thirty-Five Years in Tennessee with Baptist Women. Nashville, TN: Women's Missionary Union of Tennessee, 1920.

Clifton, Amanda Keedy. "Mission Women in the Southeast and on the Southern Plains, 1817-1861." Ph.D. diss., University of Memphis, 1996.
Sophia Sawyer and Ann W. Paine, both of whom were missionaries in the Brainerd Mission, are among the 14 women included in this study.

Cobb, Alice. "Yes, Lord, I'll Do It," Scarritt's Century of Service. Nashville: Scarritt College, 1987.

Fox, Sister Mary Loyola. The Return of Love: The Story of the Sisters of Mercy in Tennessee, 1866-1966. Nashville: Bruce, 1967.

Frank, Fedora Small. Beginnings on Market Street: Nashville and Her Jewry, 1861-1901. Nashville: Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, 1976.

Haile, Mrs Herbert ,. ed. Catholic Women of Tennessee, 1937-1956. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce, 1956.

Henderson, Helen H. The Abiding Presence of Christianity at the University of Tennessee. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee, 1941.

Highlights of 50 Years of Catholic Women of Tennessee, 1936-1986. [Nashville, Tenn.]: Nashville Diocesan Council of the National Council of Catholic Women, 1986. 85p.

Jenkins, Al W. The History of the Episcopal Churchwomen in the Diocese of Tennessee. Bradenton, FL: Manatee County Advertising and Press, 1981. Originally issued as D. Min. Project, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.

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

Laub, Anna Bernice. History of the Order of the Daughters of the King in the State of Tennessee, 1891-1984. [Knoxville, Tenn.?]: The Order, 1985. 194p.

McCauley, Deborah Vansau. Appalachian Mountain Religion: A History. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1995.

Norton, Herman A. Religion in Tennessee, 1777-1945. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1981.

Spinney, Rob. "The Jewish Community in Nashville, 1939-1949." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 225-41.
The many contributions of the Nashville section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) are noted. A photograph of two women packaging clothing for the project, "Supplies for Overseas Survivors" (SOS), is also included.

Wood, Gayle E. Together We Stand, Divided We Fall: History of Hiwassee Presbyterial, Cumberland Presbyterian Women and Local Societies, 1918-1982. Gibson, TN: printed by Eura M.A. Holland, 1982. 24 p.

Libraries & Archives with Significant Collections

Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University. See "Religion in Appalachia." [http://cass.etsu.edu/archives/religion.htm]

Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archives [http://www.sbhla.org/]

Specific Manuscript/Archives Collections

Christian Women's Fellowship of Tennessee. Records. Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville.

Nicholson, Caroline (O'Reilly). Papers. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill.
Religious life in nineteenth century Nashville is one of many topics Nicholson covers in her reminiscences.

Young Women's Christian Association. Records. Tusculum College Archives, Greenville.