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Title	Portrait of Mary Francis "Fannie" Battle, ca. 192-?
Personal name	Battle, Mary Francis, 1842-1924--Portraits
Topical entry	Popular Culture Military History Civil War Portraits, American--20th century Portraits--Tennessee--Nashville Spies--Confederate States of America Women spies--Confederate States of America Teachers--Tennessee--Nashville Women teachers--Tennessee--Nashville Educators--Tennessee--Nashville Women educators--Tennessee--Nashville Women social reformers--Tennessee--Nashville Women in charitable work--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
Description	Mary Frances "Fannie" Battle in her later years, with grey hair, light blue or grey eyes, and wearing glasses and a white shirt. Mary Francis "Fannie" Battle (1842-1924) was a Nashville humanitarian and social worker who was known during her lifetime as "The Angel of the Poor" because of her great humanitarian spirit and compassionate service to benefit underprivileged children. Born near Nolensville, Tennessee, in 1842, Miss Battle was educated at the Nashville Female Academy. She was the daughter of Joel Allen and Adeline Sanders Mosely Battle, with seven siblings in the household. Her father was prominent in military and legislative affairs of Tennessee and the family was raised in prosperous circumstances prior to the American Civil War. During the Union occupation of Nashville, Miss Battle became a Confederate spy, with her father and brothers serving in the Confederate Army. Two of her brothers died at Shiloh and her father was taken prisoner. Fannie Battle herself was caught smuggling documents and later incarcerated in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. In the post-war period, she returned to Nashville as a public school teacher at Howard School and several other local schools from 1870 to 1886. In the 1880s, Miss Battle became active with the Nashville Relief Society, United Charities, and soon established first a daycare program near the cotton mills in North Nashville and then in 1891 established the Addison Avenue Day Home, Nashville's first daycare facility. In 1924, the Day Home was renamed The Fannie Battle Day Home in honor of the great social reformer and humanitarian. Oil on canvas, artist unknown, currently not on display. Donated to the library by the Fannie Battle Day Home in 2007. The library's portraits were photographed as part of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee's Tennessee Portrait Project (http://www.tnportraits.org/index.htm).
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Contributors	National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee
Date	ca. 192-?
Type	Still Image; Portraits; Paintings
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	battle-mary-fannie-lg
Relation	Fannie Battle Day Home Records
Coverage	1920-1929
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed stacks