Nannie

Nannie C. Burden (1891–1947) was an American coloratura soprano and clubwoman in New York City. She also ran for political office.

Nannie Louise Wright (1879 – 1958) was an American composer, pianist, and teacher. She graduated from Howard-Payne Junior College in Fayette and the Columbia School of Music in Chicago, Illinois. Wright studied piano with Mary Wood Chase in Chicago and with Josef Lhévinne in Berlin. She returned to Fayette to become the Director of Music at Howard- Payne College in 1909. Later, she served as President of the Missouri State Music Teachers' Association and as Dean of Music at Central Methodist University's Swinney Conservatory of Music in Fayette, where one of her students was William Gillock.

Nannie Zenobia Carver Huddle (1860 – 1951) was an American painter. She is best known for her paintings of flowers, particularly fields of bluebonnets.

Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879 – 1961) was an African-American educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman. Her speech "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping," at the 1900 National Baptist Convention in Virginia, instantly won her fame and recognition. In 1909, she founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, DC. Burroughs' objective was at the point of intersection between race and gender.