Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Bettie Mae Page

1923-2008

Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay

1. Bettie Mae Page Marker

Inscription. One of six children. Bettie Mae Page graduated from Hume-Fogg High School (1940) and George Peabody College (1944) before moving to New York to work as a model and actress. She became one of the most-photographed pinup models of the 1950s and retired from public life in 1957. Page became an evangelical Christian and maintained a reclusive lifestyle, though she developed an underground cult following and was hailed as a feminist icon prior to her death in Los Angeles in 2008.

Erected 2023 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 249.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Environment • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1957.

Location. 36° 9.585′ N, 86° 46.874′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Downtown. Marker is on 7th Avenue North near Broadway, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 113 7th Ave N, Nashville TN 37203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Hume-Fogg High School (within shouting distance of this marker); Randall Jarrell (within shouting distance of this marker); Customs House (within shouting distance of this marker); First Baptist Church

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Nashville's First Public School (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named First Baptist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of Francis Fogg (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memory of Alfred Hume (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Also see . . . Bettie Page honored in downtown Nashville for 100th birthday (YouTube, 37 secs.). Short WKRN news segment on the unveiling of the marker (Submitted on April 30, 2023.)

Bettie Mae Page Marker (on the day of the dedication) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, April 22, 2023

2. Bettie Mae Page Marker (on the day of the dedication)

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 28, 2023

3. Bettie Mae Page Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 22, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 3. submitted on April 28, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.