Member of TN BPW/USA

Margaret Cole, Executive Director of the Wo/Men's Resource and Rape Assistance Program, 2008 BPW Woman of Achievement;  President Mary Jo Middlebrooks

2008 Christmas party

2008 Christmas party, State BPW President Carol Turpen (left), Helen Herron (right).  Helen has been a member of Jackson BPW since 1954

Dr. Rebecca Cook, Lambuth University, speaker for 2008 Brown Bag Lunch program

Dr. Meagan von Holtz, speaker for 2008 Brown Bag Lunch program

Amy Elizer, speaker for 2008 Brown Bag Lunch program

Janet Morris, First Runner Up in the 2008 state Speak-off Competition

Jacque Hillman winner of the 2008 State Speak-off Competition.  Jackson BPW won both first and second place. 

Tennessee BPW Members meet Supreme Court Justice

Left to Right:  Mary Jo Middlebrooks, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Beth Bates

BPWTN Attorney Mary Jo Middlebrooks and BPWUSA AR 6 Rep Beth Bates, both of Jackson, represented our organization at a workshop co-sponsored by BPWTN called "Everyday Politics for Everyday Women."  Subsequent to the workshop held October 26, 2008, at the Airport Marriott in Nashville, they attended a reception honoring the speakers at the next day's Economic Summit for Women, entitled "Connect, Collaborate and Celebrate."  The featured luncheon speaker was the first female Justice on the United States Supreme Court,  Sandra Day O'Connor. At the luncheon, O'Connor spoke of the need for civic education for our children. At the reception, she signed her books and talked about the BPW members' work and hometown. The experience was "supreme," according to Middlebrooks.

Beth Bates narrates at the 2008 Ghost Walking Tour

Linda Higgins narrates at the 2008 Ghost Walking Tour

From the Ghost Tour