Davidson County Democratic Women’s Photo Gallery

2009 Davidson County Democratic Women’s 

Picnic & Scholarship Winner: Caroline King

DAVIDSON COUNTY

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN

Organized March 1954

PAST PRESIDENTS

1954Campbell  Brown

1955Louise Goad

1956Maude Lynch

1957Martha Farr

1958Tennie Hickerson

1959Anna Belle Clement O’Brien

1960Joey Ellis

1961Jewel Ellis

1962Frank Cheatham

1963Gerroll Hargis

1964Harry Cornswet

1965Anna Jane Notgrass

1966David Price

1967Ann Schott

1968Dr. Pearle Bradley

1969Rilla Woods

1970Usan Moseley

1971Evelyn Ayers

1972Dr. Gwen McFarland

1973Jane Eskind

1974Jean Curran

1975Inez Crutchfield

1976Irene Zurla

1977Ann Deol

1978Carrie Gentry

1979Janice Fisher

1980Kathy Woodall

1981Luvenia Butler

1982Ann White

1983Marian Latham

1984Carol Crews

1985Hazel Thomas

1986Hazel Thomas

1987Linda Inman

1988Dr. Faye Lynch

1989Carolyn Wood

1990Sara Caldwell

1991Sara Caldwell

1992Brenda King

1993Cindy Odie

1994Frances F Douglas

1995Lola Woolridge

1996Nellie Carter

1997Gloria Dumas

1998Jo Gish

1999Toby Abrams

2000Perl Murray-Dunn

2001Sharlyn D Douglas

2002Carolyn Hunter

2003Mary Taylor

2004Dr. Tommie Young

2005Carole Toler

2006Dorothy L Grubbs

2007Dr. Trevor J Holt

2008Jo Gish

2009Nancy Potts

U.S. Representative Jim Cooper

605 Church Street

Nashville, TN  37219

Dear Representative Cooper, 

We join the majority of Americans to ask that you support a national, universal  health care plan. Some would like us to believe that we should maintain the current dysfunctional system because we cannot afford universal health care. Certainly, the United States has as many resources as every other industrialized nation that provides its citizens with universal health care. Surely, Americans are worthy of decent health care. 

We have seen the failure of Kerr-Mills which gave individual grants to states, before Medicare started. We have seen the inherent problems with Tenncare which subsidized individual for-profit HMOs. We have seen the difficulties of the recent program that requires Massachusetts residents to buy health insurance. Allowing private insurance companies to compete as a way to bring down the cost of insurance has backfired horribly as rates skyrocket and individuals with pre-existing conditions are refused coverage entirely. We must learn from these mistakes, not make them all over again with compromise bills that benefit the insurance companies, burden the middle and low income tax payers and in the end only protect some of our citizens.

As a U. S. Representative, you have a fiduciary responsibility to your constituents. It is clear that we cannot continue to pay out an estimated $400 billion in annual overhead and bureaucracy to for-profit, private health insurance companies, continue tax breaks for the wealthiest 1% and provide health care for all. Which is why it is important to implement a single payer universal health care system, not a hobbled together compromise. Health care costs can be reduced with a comprehensive, universal plan that includes preventative health care, prenatal care, single payer simplified billing, encouraging the use of generic drugs, addiction treatment and mental health care. 

Forty four years ago, legislators could have resorted to partisan bickering and stood in the way of the passage of Medicare. Instead, Medicare is their legacy that has prevented much unnecessary suffering and poverty among our elderly for over four decades. The time has come to create a new legacy of Medicare-for-All and extend that access to health care to all of our citizens. A healthy, educated population is critical to a strong and stable nation. 

On behalf of the Davidson County Democratic Women, 

Nancy Potts, President

Davidson County Democratic Women

DCDW Honored our Women Judges of Davidson County 

on October 26 at Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis. 

The Honorable Vice Mayor Diane Neighbors,Honorary Chair.

    The Davidson County Democratic Women salutes these astounding women:

Criminal Court Judge Cheryl Blackburn

Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman

Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia A. Clark

Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Cottrell

General Sessions Court Judge Angie Blackshear Dalton

U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey

General Sessions Court Judge Gloria Dumas

General Sessions Court Judge Sue Evans

Juvenile Court Judge Betty Adams Green

U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Juliet Griffin

US Bankruptcy Court Judge Marian Harrison

Circuit Court Judge Barbara Haynes

Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Janice Holder

Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee

Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Circuit Court Judge Amanda McClendon

Chancellor Carol McCoy

Circuit Court Judge (retired) Muriel Robinson

Circuit Court Judge (retired) Marietta Shipley

Circuit Court Judge Carol Soloman

U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger

General Sessions Court Judge Dianne Turner

   

AnnaBelle Clement O’Brien

1923-2009

DCDW Women’s Day Honoree 2005

DCDW President 1959

2010 DCDW Monthly Meetings

2010 Monthly Meetings: 4th Tuesday of the month

Next Meeting: February 23rd at United Steelworkers

3340 Perimeter Hill Drive, Nashville, TN 37211-4123
6:00 – 6:30 PM – DCDW membership meeting
6:30 – 6:45 – Reception Davidson County Democratic Organizations
6:45 – Meeting of all Democratic Organizations

2010 BOARD

Holly Spann, President

 

Lynda Jones, President Elect

 

Nancy Potts, Past President

  

Jo Ann North, Vice-President

Jo Gish, Membership Secretary

 

Philippa Thompson, Recording Secretary

 

Hon. Gracie Porter, Corresponding Secretary 

Marisa Richmond, At-Large Director

 

Mary Linden Salter, At-Large Director

Toby Abrams, At Large- Director

The 2010 DCDW Holiday Membership Tea was held at the home of Councilman Ronnie Steine and Beverly Keel on sunday December 6th.

Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women’s

Winter Board Meeting

Maggie Faill, Sonja Fox, First Lady Andrea Conte, Bonnie Brown Myers, Gracie Porter, Adora Bruce.

    District 53 State Representative Janis Sontany will be the guest speaker at the Davidson County Democratic Women’s meeting on February 23rd.  She will give an update on current legislation.

Davidson County Democratic Women/

Shannon Wood 2010 Scholarship

    The Davidson County Democratic Women are proud to announce the eighth annual Davidson County Democratic Women/Shannon Wood Scholarship. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2010. The winner will receive $500.  Applications are available online at www.cfmt.org/scholarships/applications/

    The essay question for the DCDW scholarship is “What policy or law in the United States would you change and why?”

    In addition to the essay, the application requires high school transcripts,  two recommendations and FAFSA information. The candidates must be a female, Davidson County resident, high school senior who plans to attend college.

    For additional information contact Shannon Wood at shannondeewood@comcastnet or 615-661-6162.

    You can contribute to the DCDW Scholarship online at The Community Foundation

   

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