Calutron Girls
Working at the Y-12 uranium electromagnetic separation plant in Oak [...]
Westcott, James Edward “Ed”
James Edward “Ed” Westcott, Oak Ridge’s official photographer during the [...]
Volunteer State
Tennessee became known as the “Volunteer State” during the War [...]
Haslam, William Edward
Bill Haslam is a successful businessman, served as Mayor of [...]
Harwell, Beth Halteman
Beth Halteman Harwell is the state representative for Tennessee’s 56th [...]
Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk
Confederate Brigadier General Felix K. Zollicoffer attempted to pacify Unionists [...]
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was one of the most [...]
World War I
During the interlude marked by the end of the depression [...]
World War II
World War II marks a watershed period for both the [...]
Worth, Inc.
This family-owned baseball and softball equipment company was founded by [...]
Wright, Frances
Frances Wright was arguably the most radical utopian thinker and [...]
Wright, Frances F.
Frances Fitzpatrick Wright, author of books for children and adolescents, [...]
WSM
Home station of the Grand Ole Opry radio show, WSM [...]
Wynn, Sammye
Sammye Wynn, educator and children's advocate, was the first black [...]
Wynnewood
Overlooking the sulfur springs at Bledsoe's Lick in the Castalian [...]
X-10
The unassuming building at Oak Ridge numbered X-10 housed the [...]
Yardley, William F.
William F. Yardley, an influential and powerful advocate for the [...]
Yellow Fever Epidemics
Epidemic diseases caused great concern for nineteenth-century Tennesseans. Subject to [...]
Yoakum, Henderson King
Henderson Yoakum was a Jacksonian stalwart in Middle Tennessee during [...]
York Institute
When Sergeant Alvin C. York returned to the United States [...]
York, Alvin Cullom
Congressional Medal of Honor winner and hero of World War [...]
Yuchi Indians
The Yuchi Indians are a North American Indian tribe belonging [...]
Horton, Zilphia J.
Zilphia J. Horton, activist and artist, was born in Paris, [...]
Zimmerman, Harry (1911-1986) and Mary Krivcher (1911-1986)
Harry and Mary Zimmerman founded in 1960 what became within [...]
Zion College
Zion College, later known as Chattanooga City College, was founded [...]
Zion Presbyterian Church
Constructed between 1847 and 1849, Zion Presbyterian Church is built [...]
Williamson County
Centuries before Europeans settled in what was to become Williamson [...]
Willis Jr., Archie Walter "A. W."
Civil rights lawyer and Memphis businessman A. W. Willis Jr. [...]
Wilson County
The Tennessee General Assembly created Wilson County on October 26, [...]
Wilson Sporting Goods
Originally known as the Ashland Manufacturing Company, Wilson Sporting Goods [...]
Wilson, Kemmons and Holiday Inn
In 1951 Kemmons Wilson, his wife, and five children drove [...]
Winchester, James
James Winchester, pioneer, entrepreneur, military commander, and founder of Memphis, [...]
Winchester, Marcus Brutus
Marcus B. Winchester, land developer and first mayor of Memphis, [...]
Winemaking in Tennessee
European settlers brought grape growing and winemaking to Tennessee in [...]
Winfrey, Oprah
Oprah Winfrey, one of the nation's most popular female entertainers, [...]
WLAC
WLAC is a Nashville radio station established by the Life [...]
WNOX
One of the ten oldest radio stations in the United [...]
Wolfe, Charles K.
Charles Keith Wolfe, English professor at Middle Tennessee State University, [...]
Wolff, Werner and Emmy Land
Werner and Emmy Land Wolff played significant roles in the [...]
Wollan, Ernest Omar
Ernest O. Wollan, pioneer physicist in neutron diffraction, was born [...]
Woman Suffrage Movement
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote [...]
Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
Located in Knoxville, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame opened [...]
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
After attending the first national convention of the Women's Christian [...]
Women’s Missionary Union
The Women's Missionary Union (WMU) was formed in 1888 as [...]
Woodland Period
Two of Tennessee's best known prehistoric sites, Pinson Mounds in [...]
Work III, John Wesley
John W. Work III, a significant composer and director of [...]
White, Nera
The first woman basketball player inducted into the National Basketball [...]
White, Robert Hiram
Tennessee's first state historian, Dr. Robert H. White was born [...]
White, Sue Shelton
Sue Shelton White, suffragist, equal rights advocate, attorney, and writer, [...]
Whitehead, Joseph Brown
Chattanooga attorney and businessman Joseph B. Whitehead, along with Benjamin [...]
