Annie Guinn Massey

Annie Guinn Massey (February 25, 1872 – December 20, 1948) was an American writer, socialite, and clubwoman who served as the president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy from 1933 to 1935. She was the first woman from Arkansas to be elected as the United Daughters of the Confederacy's president general.

Early life and education Massey was born Anna Eliza Guinn on February 25, 1872, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Chessley Richard Guinn and Eliza Jane Guinn. She was later elected President General and took office in 1933. Massey was the first woman from Arkansas to serve as president general.

In 1934, during her administration, the United Daughters of the Confederacy sponsored 1,000 scholarships, valuing a total amount of around $500,000, and provided full ride scholarships to Vassar College and Washington and Lee University. During her administration, the membership within the Children of the Confederacy reached 30,000.

In June 1935, she presented the General Robert E. Lee Memorial Saber to Cadet David Campbell Wallace at the United States Military Academy. She also presented a portrait of General Robert E. Lee to the United States Army Signal School at Fort Monmouth. She died on December 20, 1948.