Hank Fort (née Eleanor Hankins, 1908–1973) was an American singer and songwriter of the mid 20th century from Nashville, Tennessee.

She composed over 400 songs, many with a humorous Southern viewpoint, including "Put Your Shoes On, Lucy" (recorded by Petula Clark), and "I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded" The Andrews Sisters, and "Save Your Confederate Money, Boys, the South Shall Rise Again".

[3] Hankins' portraits of political figures and military generals are displayed in the US state capitol buildings of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

[4] She began writing songs for the presidential campaign of Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, which brought her to the attention of Lady Bird Johnson.

[1] She became interested in politics in the 1960s and, at the invitation of Mrs. Johnson, Fort participated in the "flying tea parties", a part of the Kennedy–Johnson presidential campaign .

[1] Her Washington apartment became a frequent social gathering place for politicians including Sam Rayburn,[7] Estes Kefauver, Albert Gore, George Smathers, and Lyndon Johnson.

[10] Initially classes were at country clubs or Nashville's Parmer School; Fort came to terms with Albertine Maxwell to use her home at 3325 West End Avenue.

[9]: 16  Former student Tom Henderson, said, "An annual costume party held at the old Centennial Club on 8th Avenue for all pupils was the highlight of the year during that time and was the talk of the town".