Fisk/Meharry in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Dr. Mattie Coleman

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Dr. Mattie Coleman Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 28, 2023

1. Dr. Mattie Coleman Marker

Inscription. Meharry College graduate. As organizer for TN Woman's Suffrage Association. Helped register about 2,500 black women voters in 1919.

Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 185.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Women. In addition, it is included in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the National Votes for Women Trail, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.

Location. 36° 9.948′ N, 86° 48.459′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Fisk/Meharry. It is on Albion Street east of 21st Avenue North, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2003 Albion St, Nashville TN 37208, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lloyd C. Elam, M.D., Mental Health Center (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Lloyd C. Elam (within shouting distance of this marker); Royal Towers (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. (about 400 feet away); Dr. Robert Fulton Boyd

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(about 700 feet away); Hulda Margaret Lyttle (about 700 feet away); Dr. Josie E. Wells (about 700 feet away); Fisk University (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 28, 2023

2. Dr. Mattie Coleman Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 299 times since then and 27 times this year. Last updated on May 22, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 28, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.