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Naomi Chapman Woodroof (1900-1989)
Naomi Chapman Woodroof, the daughter of pioneer settlers on the Snake River in Idaho, was also a pioneer...

Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation is a charitable organization that supports education, health care,...

George "Kid" Woodruff (1889-1968)
George Cecil "Kid" Woodruff coached the University of Georgia football team from 1923 to 1927, bringing...

Hale Woodruff (1900-1980)
Hale Woodruff, a nationally known printmaker, draftsman, and painter, was a member of the Atlanta University...

Robert Woodruff (1889-1985)
The name Robert Woodruff is synonymous with the Coca-Cola Company. His leadership, which lasted five...

William Burnham Woods (1824-1887)
William Burnham Woods, an Ohio native, was a Georgia resident at the time of his appointment to the U.S....

Emily Woodward (1885-1970)
Emily Woodward was a prominent female journalist in the early twentieth-century South who became an outspoken...

Joanne Woodward (b. 1930)
Joanne Woodward, a Georgia native, is an Academy Award–winning actress and activist. She and...

Woolfolk Murder Case
The most infamous crime in nineteenth-century Georgia occurred in Bibb County, about twelve miles west...

Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians...

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