MURFREESBORO — A
new book that tells the stories of outstanding Tennessee women is headed for
the state’s public high schools with help from the MTSU Department of History.
Charlotte Crawford and Ruth Johnson Smiley, editors of
“Tennessee Women of Vision and Courage,” will discuss the book from 1 to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15, at Linebaugh Public Library, 105 W. Vine St. in
Murfreesboro. The event is sponsored by the American Association of University
Women of Murfreesboro.
The book includes 22 contributions from 20 authors,
including Dr. Rebecca McIntyre, associate professor of history at MTSU, and Dr.
B. Ayne Cantrell, MTSU professor emerita, both of whom will be on hand for the
discussion.
Women whose lives are chronicled in the book include
pioneering aviator Evelyn Stone Bryan Johnson; state legislator Anna Belle
Clement O’Brien; Brenda Runyon, who established the first bank in the nation
owned and operated by women; Angie Perkins, the first woman in the South to sit
on a school board; and Dr. June Anderson, an MTSU chemistry professor and
activist for women on campus.
Books may be purchased at the event, which is free and open
to the public. Proceeds will go toward supplying each public high school in
Tennessee with a copy of the book.
In addition to the MTSU Department of History, supporters of
the book sales include the American Association of University Women of
Tennessee, the Tennessee Economic Council on Women, the Tennessee Women’s
Political Caucus, the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Women’s Studies
Program, the Women’s Economic Council Foundation, the Women’s Equity Foundation
and the YWCA of Knoxville.
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