Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Georgia Trustees is an award given by the Georgia Historical Society, in conjunction with the governor of Georgia, to individuals whose accomplishments and community service reflect the ideals of the founding body of Trustees, which governed the Georgia colony from 1732 to 1752. Trustees are inducted each February at the Trustees Gala in ...
First woman photojournalist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution [22] Clermont Huger Lee (1914–2006) 2017 One of Georgia's first female landscape architects [22] Lucile Nix (1903–1968) 2017 First library head for the state of Georgia [22] Sarah Harper Heard (1853–1919) 2016 Founder of a traveling library system [23] Ellamae Ellis League ...
They had one son, Captain Harry Erwin Talmadge, a doctor and military officer. The family lived in a Colonial Revival mansion in Athens, Georgia. [4] [9] Talmadge died in Athens in 1973. [2] She was buried in Oconee Hill Cemetery. [4] Her grave was marked with a memorial by the Georgia State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution ...
Historical society museums in Georgia (U.S. state) (4 P) Pages in category "Historical societies in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us more ways to reach us
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.
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.
The Atlanta History Center was founded and chartered in 1926 as the Atlanta Historical Society by Walter McElreath. [1] [2] [3] The vice president was Joel Hunter, and the secretary-treasurer was Ruth Blair, then the Georgia state archivist. [4]