CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – From suffragists to coaches, from businesswomen to Olympic medalists, the women of Clarksville have been making history for centuries.
In recognition of Women’s History Month, here are 11 Clarksville women (in alphabetical order) who should be remembered for what they accomplished during their lifetimes.
1. ‘Stockade Annie’
Eccentric missionary to Fort Campbell soldiers
Anna Mabry Barr was born in 1875 to the Mabry family at Poplar Hill, a farm on what is now Fort Campbell. Annie was educated at female academies in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Clarksville. She married Dr. John Christie Barr and moved to New Orleans, where Dr. Barr was founder and president of Presbyterian Hospital in New Orleans as well as a pastor for 32 years, according to an account in The Leaf-Chronicle based on interviews with her nephew, the late Bill Mabry…