sarah childress polk

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Meet some of the women who made Tennessee history

Elizabeth Corker tells the story of Tennessee through the Victorian era by depicting women who have lived and news throughout the year.

Corker, a Tennessee native historian, began with Rachel Donelson Jackson September 6, and it will tell the story of Mamie White at 11 am Tuesday, at the Battle of Nashville Monument at the corner of the grandmother and White Pike Clifton Lane. Up to 50 can be seated in the public and is wheelchair and stroller accessible.

Tuesdays to come, it will introduce these women (with the title of his history lesson):

Mrs.Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of Tennessee, September 20

Elizabeth Overton, The Lady of rest of the traveler, September 27

Adelicia Acklen world's second richest woman, October 4

Elizabeth McGavock Harding, Mistress of Belle Meade, October 11

Mary-Kate Patterson, Confederate Spy, October 18

Mary Bradford, Rally the troops in battle, October 25

Fannie Battle, Still mourning widow, November 1

Mary Montgomery Forest, wife of a cavalry general, November 8

Martha O'Bryan, benefactor of the poor in Nashville, November 15

Antoinette Polk, the rebel became Aristocrat, Nov.22

The lectures are part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. For more information, contact the Metro Historical Commission, 615-862-7970.

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