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Iris Blitch, pictured here speaking in Jesup in Wayne County, broke ground for female politicians in the 1950s and 1960s. When she was first elected in 1948, she was the only female legislator in the state.

Courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Iris Blitch Speaking

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