Loraine Bedsole Bush Tunstall (née, Bedsole; after first marriage, Bush; after second marriage, Tunstall; 1881–1953) was an American social reformer[1] who served as the first director of Alabama's department focused on child welfare,[2] in which capacity she attained national distinction.[3] She was the first woman to ever head a state department in Alabama.[4] She also served as Alabama child labor inspector (1915–17) and was on the staff of the United States Department of Labor (1918–19).[5]
- ^ Owen, Thomas McAdory (1921). "Bush, Loraine Bedsole". History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Vol. 3. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. pp. 270–01. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
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- ^ Flynt, Wayne (10 October 2004). Alabama in the Twentieth Century. University of Alabama Press. pp. 197, 263. ISBN 978-0-8173-1430-9. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Thos. E. Kilby is Visitor to County". The Clarke County Democrat. 18 March 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Mrs. Loraine Bush and Alfred Moore Tunstall Announce Engagement (Continued from Page One.)". The Montgomery Advertiser. 27 April 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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