As the President of the Georgia Women of Achievement Board of Trustees, I welcome you to our web-site.

The mission of Georgia Women of Achievement is to recognize and honor women native to or clearly identified with the State of Georgia, who have made extraordinary contributions within their fields of endeavor, and who will thus inspire future generations to utilize their own talents. We recognize many known figures from Georgia history, but we are also able to tell some previously untold stories about women in Georgia.s past. We have been able to share many stories of women who pulled themselves up by bootstraps and left indelible marks on their communities and the state. The women come from all over the state and represent a wide variety of achievements in their respective fields. With the addition this year of Caroline Miller, Harriett Powers and Jane Yarn to the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame, we now honor sixty-five outstanding women.

It is our pleasure to welcome Georgia Public Broadcasting as our official Media and Video Sponsor. We are thankful for their guidance, wisdom and efforts on our behalf.

The work of Georgia Women of Achievement would not be possible without the support of many sponsors. We are grateful to the Georgia Humanities Council, Georgia Power Company, Mohawk Carpet Foundation Inc., Medical Center of Central Georgia and many others for their unwavering commitment for all of our programs and especially for this web-site.

Thank you for visiting Georgia Women of Achievement. We hope that you will enjoy the stories presented here. Our desire is that you will read more about these incredible women and maybe even think of someone you know about who would be a wonderful addition to our Hall of Fame.

Lisa White
President, Board of Trustees

2010 Inductees

Mary Ann Rutherford Lipscomb (1848 - 1918)

Celestine Colley Sibley (1914 - 1999)

Madrid Loyd Williams (1911 - 1993)

2010 Induction Ceremony Guest Speaker

Our 2010 Induction Ceremony guest speaker will be Lauretta Hannon. Lauretta is the author of The Cracker Queen—A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life and a commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, where her stories reach 25.5 million listeners.