| Edith Drake Pope | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1869 Williamson County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died |
January 27, 1947 Williamson County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Residence | John Pope House, Burwood, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Tennessee Female College |
| Occupation | Editor |
Edith D. Pope (1869-1947) was an American editor. She was the second editor of the Confederate Veteran from 1914 to 1932, and she helped promote the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.
Early life[]
Edith Drake Pope was born in 1869 to a slaveholding dynasty.[1] She grew up on her family plantation, the John Pope House, in Burwood, Tennessee.[1] She graduated from the (now defunct) Tennessee Female College in Franklin, Tennessee.[1]
Career[]
Pope began her career as Sumner Archibald Cunningham's secretary; Cunningham was the founder and editor of the Confederate Veteran, a monthly magazine about veterans of the Confederate States Army.[2] When he died in December 1913, she became its editor until her retirement in 1932.[3]
Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument
Pope was an active member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.[4] She was the president of its Nashville chapter from 1927 to 1930, and its recording secretary from 1930 to 1935.[4] She helped install the Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument in Richmond, Virginia and the Tennessee Confederate Women's Monument in Nashville.[4] She was also a member of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society,[4] which established the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond; it was later renamed the American Civil War Museum.
Confederate Memorial Hall at Vanderbilt University.
Pope also played a key role in the construction of Confederate Memorial Hall at Peabody College (now Vanderbilt University) in Nashville, where she made sure the college would also teach a course on Southern history.[5]
Death[]
Pope died on January 27, 1947 in Burwood, Tennessee.[4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Simpson, John A. (2003). Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends: Guardians of the Lost Cause in the Confederate Veteran. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781572332119. OCLC 750779185. http://utpress.org/title/edith-d-pope-and-her-nashville-friends/.
- ↑ Moody, Wesley (2011). Demon of the Lost Cause: Sherman and Civil War History. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780826272669. OCLC 842399455. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RBPSigye5IsC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=%22edith+drake+pope%22&source=bl&ots=93F3mp-4fP&sig=RNiOsyfOvMKUVxzY9BwBUzh9Obw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFh4f1ub7WAhVCmbQKHWCaCiMQ6AEIUDAM#v=onepage&q=%22edith%20drake%20pope%22&f=false.
- ↑ "CONFEDERATE VETERAN RECORDS, 1904-1941". State of Tennessee, Department of State. http://tsla.tnsosfiles.com.s3.amazonaws.com/history/manuscripts/findingaids/CONFEDERATE_VETERAN_RECORDS_1904-1941.pdf. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Simpson, John A.. "Edith Drake Pope". Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee Press. https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1072. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ↑ Simpson, John A. (2003). Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends: Guardians of the Lost Cause in the Confederate Veteran. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9781572332119. OCLC 750779185. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3Dwh0dEOFS8C&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=Edith+D.+Pope+peabody+college&source=bl&ots=kP6GGuYnbk&sig=MH1eDzlQZaXXOffKiQFaIBslZms&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi50azvwcXWAhWSK1AKHemqCUcQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Edith%20D.%20Pope%20peabody%20college&f=false.
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