This first of two volumes extends from the founding of the colony
of Georgia in 1733 up to the Progressive era. From the beginning,
Georgia women were instrumental in shaping the state, yet most
histories minimize their contributions. The essays in this volume
include women of many ethnicities and classes who played an
important role in Georgia's history.
Though sources for understanding the lives of women in Georgia
during the colonial period are scarce, the early essays profile
Mary Musgrove, an important player in the relations between the
Creek nation and the British Crown, and the loyalist Elizabeth
Johnston, who left Georgia for Nova Scotia in 1806. Another essay
examines the near-mythical quality of the American Revolution-era
accounts of "Georgia's War Woman," Nancy Hart. The later essays are
multifaceted in their examination of the way different women
experienced Georgia's antebellum social and political life, the
tumult of the Civil War, and the lingering consequences of both the
conflict itself and Emancipation. After the war, both necessity and
opportunity changed women's lives, as educated white women like
Eliza Andrews established or taught in schools and as African
American women like Lucy Craft Laney, who later founded the Haines
Institute, attended school for the first time. Georgia Women also
profiles reform-minded women like Mary Latimer McLendon, Rebecca
Latimer Felton, Mildred Rutherford, Nellie Peters Black, and Martha
Berry, who worked tirelessly for causes ranging from temperance to
suffrage to education. The stories of the women portrayed in this
volume provide valuable glimpses into the lives and experiences of
all Georgia women during the first century and a half of the
state's existence.
Historical figures include: Mary MusgroveNancy HartElizabeth
Lichtenstein JohnstonEllen CraftFanny KembleFrances Butler
LeighSusie King TaylorEliza Frances AndrewsAmanda America
DicksonMary Ann Harris GayRebecca Latimer FeltonMary Latimer
McLendonMildred Lewis RutherfordNellie Peters BlackLucy Craft
LaneyMartha BerryCorra HarrisJuliette Gordon Low
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