[1] Her mother was a founding member of the Judge David Campbell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Chattanooga.

[3] Some of her letters from this period, pertaining to racial policies, integration, and book banning, are housed in the University of Georgia Special Collections Library.

[4] In 1945, during World War II, Talmadge complied with the Office of Defense Transportation's wartime restrictions on civilian organizations by cancelling the 54th NSDAR Continental Congress, which was scheduled to convene in Chicago in April of that year.

[6] In March 1945, Talmadge said of the cancellation of congress, "It will be a disappointment—but not a hardship—for no sacrifice is too great for the DAR Society to make, if it means added comfort and convenience to our service men traveling to and from their line of duty.

[6] Talmadge oversaw the authorization of over $50,000 in financial contributions to various state-level chapters of the American Red Cross for vehicle purchases and their blood plasma program.

[2] Through the DAR War Fund, her administration directed the purchase of X-ray units for hospital ships and field ambulances and the donation of over 600 two-way radio sets for bedridden patients.

[2] Talmadge attended the United Nations Conference of International Organization in San Francisco in 1945 as an observer.

[4] Her grave was marked with a memorial by the Georgia State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1975.