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Portrait of Mary Francis "Fannie" Battle, ca. 192-?
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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
.
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