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Read the Spring Edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter

The Spring 2020 Newsletter has arrived on our website for online viewing. This quarterly issue's cover article is all about Ratified! Tennessee Women and the Right to Vote and some of the key figures highlighted in the exhibition (opening date currently TBD). Readers will also find a Collection Highlight featuring a 1917 letter from Alice Paul to Mary Shaut White, an article on the update of the Military Branch at War Memorial, Education News, and much more. Please note that t... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig at 3-30-20
Suffrage

It's Milo Lemert's Birthday: A Remembrance

by Lisa M. Budreau, Ph.D. Ask folks around Crossville, Tennessee, whose grave is the most visited and well-known in the city cemetery, and they will likely tell you it’s that of Sergeant Milo Lemert, recipient of the Medal of Honor (the nation’s highest military award), for bravery during the First World War. But, what few people know is that Lemert nearly spent eternity in France and not back in his beloved Tennessee. Here’s the story: One hundred and thirty years ago thi... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 3-26-20
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Eliza Johnson: The Forgotten First Lady from Tennessee

by Matthew Gailani On the morning of April 15, 1865, Andrew Johnson was quickly sworn in at the Kirkwood House in Washington D.C. as the 17th President of the United States. The ceremony had none of the pomp and circumstance of the previous presidential inauguration, as the country was reeling from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln the night before. Consequently, few were in attendance to witness this solemn tradition, including the new President’s spouse Eliza McCardle Johnson. I... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 3-21-20
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Sarah Polk: A Natural Politician When Women Couldn’t Vote

by Peggy Burch As writer Peggy Burch points out below in her review of Amy S. Greenberg's biography of Sarah Polk, Lady First, Polk "expressed no interest in the history-making women’s-rights convention held in Seneca Falls the last year of her husband’s presidency." Nevertheless, Polk is highlighted in the Museum's upcoming exhibition, Ratified! Tennessee Women and the Right to Vote, scheduled to open on April 24, 2020. She appears in a section focuse... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 3-17-20
Women's History

Artifacts Tell the Story of Pat Summitt’s Early Tennessee Life

by Dakota Elliott Pat Summitt is best known for her 38 years as University of Tennessee Knoxville’s women’s basketball coach, during which time she never had a losing season. With a career total of 1,098 wins to only 208 losses, Summitt holds the record for the most wins of any college basketball coach in history. Prior to her retirement in 2012, she won eight NCAA championships and was named NCAA Coach of the Year seven times.1 Summitt received numerous awards throughout he... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 3-2-20
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