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1月11日

More Than Petticoats

I have just finished  reading “More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Georgia Women” by Sara Hines Martin . The women from this book left their mark on Georgia History.  The following is a brief overview.

Mary Musgrove Bosomworth- ca. 1700-ca. 1763; Queen  of Creeks; Trader ;Translator; Diplomat & owner of St. Catherine's Island

Sarah Freeman Clarke- Clarke  Library; Transcendental Movement; The Dial- Dante & Marietta, Georgia

Ellen Craft- Abolitionist;Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (1860); Freedmen's Education & William and Ellen Craft

Rebecca Latimer Felton- First Female U.S. Senator; Christian Temperance Union;Woman Suffrage & Author

“Nellie” Peters Black - Atlanta Free Kindergarten Association; Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs; Georgia 4-H & Metropolitan Frontiers

Juliette Gordon Low-Founder of Girl Scouts USA; National Women’s Hall of Fame ; Savannah’s First Historical Landmark & Georgia Women of Achievement

Martha McChesney Berry- Educator; Philanthropist ; Miracle in the Mountains & Berry College

Lugenia Burns Hope- Social Activist ; Hostess Houses ; Social Worker & Black Southern Reformer

Leila Ross Wilburn- Pioneer ; Architect & Southern Homes and Bungalows

Gertrude “Ma” Rainey- Ma Rainey; Georgia Jazz Band & Mother of the Blues

Lillian Smith- Georgia Writer ; Lillian E. Smith Foundation ; Southern Literay Trail-Clayton  & Strange Fruit (1944)

Leila Daughtry Denmark- Pediatrician;Every Child Should Have A Chance & Whooping Cough

Margaret Mitchell- Gone With the Wind; Southern Literary Trail  & Margaret Mitchell House and Museum

 

Resources-

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Georgia Women of Achievement Teacher’s Guide

Georgia Writers Hall of Fame

Georgia Humanities Council

History Day In Georgia