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Slave Women
As was true in all southern states, slave women played an integral part in Georgia's colonial and antebellum...
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Women in Colonial Georgia
Women were important in the settlement of colonial Georgia from its very beginning in 1733. The founding...
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Women during the Civil War
During the American Civil War (1861-65), women across the South took on new roles to support their families...
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Handbook for Girl Scouts, 1913
In 1913 W. J. Hoxie, a noted naturalist from Savannah, and Juliette Gordon Lowprepared an official Girl...
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Slave Woman
Slave women played an integral part in Georgia's colonial and antebellum history. Scholars are beginning...
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Woman Suffrage
Most southern women did not publicly express a desire for equal rights with men until well after the...
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Deportation of Roswell Mill Women
In July 1864 during the Atlanta campaign General William T. Sherman ordered the approximately 400 Roswell...
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Indigo Girls
The Indigo Girls have sold more than 7 million albums worldwide, won one Grammy Award, and earned several...
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Women of Distinction in Georgia
Women have made revolutionary strides in a variety of arenas since the beginning of Georgia's history....
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The Woman Who Spilled Words All Over Herself
The Woman Who Spilled Words All Over Herself (1997) is a writing guidebook for women by Rosemary Daniell....
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Tyler Perry, an Atlanta-based playwright, actor, and director, made his first feature film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman...
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Slave Women in Cotton Field
Since antebellum planters reserved artisan positions for male slaves, the majority of the (rice and cotton)...
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Wimbish House (Atlanta Woman's Club)
Among W. T. Downing's best-known surviving houses in Atlanta is the Wimbish House (1898, later Atlanta...
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Georgia Women of Achievement
Georgia Women of Achievement, a statewide organization, is dedicated to publicizing, researching, and...
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Georgia Women of Achievement
Georgia Women of Achievement is an organization that researches and disseminates information about women...
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Women Raise Poultry
Chicken and egg raising was women's work in Georgia until poultry became big business. Women pioneered...
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Indigo Girls
The Indigo Girls (left to right: Emily Saliers and Amy Ray) signed a recording contract with Epic Records...
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Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute
The Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute was founded in Monroe County in 1849 and later became Tift College....
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Women and Wartime Employment
Women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers during World War II, often working in traditionally...
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Colonial Women on Farm
This ink-and-wash drawing by Porte Crayon of colonial women on a farm comes from his book The Old South Illustrated...
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Girls Picking Cotton
Girls from the Martha Berry School for Girls picking cotton, circa 1910. Established in 1909, the school...
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Slave Women in Cotton Field
Cotton not only changed the state's agricultural history but also caused the enslavement of hundreds...
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Woman Suffrage Button
A political button, circa 1918, promotes woman suffrage....
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Indigo Girls
The Atlanta-based Indigo Girls (left to right: Emily Saliers and Amy Ray) have sold more than seven million...
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Lawrenceville Female Seminary
The Lawrenceville Female Seminary was incorporated by the state legislature in 1837. This building, shown...
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