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Ella May Thorton was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 28, 1885. She was the daughter of Eugene Hascal Thornton (born May 31, 1848, in Clay County, Georgia;corporal, Pruden's Battery, Confederate States Army; board member, superintendent and secretary, Confederate Soldiers' Home; died December 14, 1921) and Emma (Neal) Thornton (born April 25, 1844, in Zebulon, Georgia ; died March 29, 1918).
Ruth Blair (March 17, 1889 – July 24, 1974) [1] was an American librarian and archivist in the U.S. state of Georgia. She was the first woman state historian of Georgia and the first executive secretary of the Atlanta Historical Society. [2] She helped organize the Society of American Archivists in 1936.
For 17 years, she actively worked along every line of social betterment in Georgia. She was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC); Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR); [6] Woman's Department Welfare Work; National Civic Federation; Atlanta Woman's Club; and History Class. Through her husband, she was also a member of ...
Women's suffrage in Georgia (U.S. state) (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "History of women in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
A History of Midwifery in the United States: The Midwife Said Fear Not. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC. ISBN 978-0-8261-2537-8. Tinling, Marion (1986). Women Remembered: A Guide to Landmarks of Women's History in the United States. New York, NY: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-23984-3.
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
Felton was born in Decatur, Georgia, on June 10, 1835.She was the daughter of Charles Latimer, a prosperous planter, merchant, and general store owner.Charles was a Maryland native who had moved to DeKalb County in the 1820s, and his wife, Eleanor Swift Latimer, was from Morgan, Georgia.
19th-century women from Georgia (country) (3 C, 14 P) 20th-century women from Georgia (country) (7 C, 1 P) 21st-century women from Georgia (country) (7 C, 15 P)