2020 Women of Achievement include Overton Park’s rescuers
A cyclist pedals through the Old Forest in Overton Park. Honorees for the 2020 Women of Achievement include the neighborhood activists who stopped a freeway from cutting through the park. (Daily Memphian file)
Since Women of Achievement was founded in 1985, more than 250 women have been honored.
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Women of AchievementTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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