Hattie Caraway (1878-1950) born in Bakersville, Tennessee became the first woman United States Senator.
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Actress-singer Polly Bergen, from Knoxville, Tennessee is the first woman to serve on the Board of Directors of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
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Davy Crockett was not born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, as the song says. He was born on the banks of Limestone Creek near Greeneville, where a replica of the Crockett's log cabin stands today.