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January 03, 2020
First Cobb Country Resident to be Inducted into Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Game
The late Jean Elisabeth Geiger Wright, a longtime east Cobb resident highly regarded as a pioneer and fighter for environmental conservation and animal rights in the county and the state, will be inducted at a ceremony in Macon in March. She is remembered by family and friends as a stubborn but beloved activist with a kind heart and a passion for education. She will join a distinguished list of honorees, including writers, journalists, educators, civil rights activists, nurses and even an American Revolution patriot.
March 05, 2019
Doctor, educator to be honored
Mary Dorothy Lyndon is one of two women being inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement’s Hall of Fame. The annual ceremony, held at Wesleyan College in Macon, will feature Cathy Cox, dean and professor of law at Mercer University, as the keynote speaker. Also being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year is Dr. Leila Alice Daughtry Denmark, the Georgia pediatrician who conducted early research on the pertussis vaccine during the epidemic in the 1930s.
February 28, 2018
A Moment in Black History
The Liberty County Convention & Visitors Bureau (LCCVB) is pleased to announce the selection of Liberty County native, Susie King Taylor, to be added to the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony is scheduled for March 7, 2018, at Pierce Chapel on the Wesleyan College campus in Macon, Georgia.
February 28, 2018
Susie King Taylor to be Inducted into Hall of Fame
Liberty County native Susie King Taylor will be added to the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame, the Liberty County Convention & Visitors Bureau (LCCVB) announced recently.
A free induction ceremony is scheduled for March 7 at ...
February 17, 2018
Pioneering Savannah teacher Susie King Taylor’s undertold story comes full circle
The day is just beginning at Susie King Taylor Community School. Parents lead their little ones — some with hearts painted on their cheeks, others sporting pink and red ribbons woven in their braids for Valentine’s Day — through the heavy front doors of the 112-year-old red brick building on the corner of Bull and 34th streets.
Built by Benedictine monks, this extension of Sacred Heart Catholic Church housed the Notre Dame Academy .....
March 06, 2017
The mid-twentieth century was a time of profound changes in American society, many of them thanks to World War II. Women especially saw new opportunities. In Georgia many women, such as those who built airplanes at Bell Bomber, followed the example of “Rosie the Riveter” and joined the industrial workforce in support of the war effort. As a photographer, journalist, and tourism consultant, Carolyn McKenzie Carter ...
March 04, 2017
Everyone has a Clermont Lee story. And they’re all pretty much the same.
They all circle around the same words — curiosity, tenacity, focus — and the same visual memory: Clermont, landscape architect extraordinaire, in khaki pants with brown socks pulled over her pants, a khaki shirt and a hat with a long bill, clipboard in hand, a pair of yellow clippers ...
March 02, 2017
Three women who made significant contributions to Georgia’s history will be inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame on March 9 at Wesleyan College in Macon.
A former Moultrie woman, the late Carolyn McKenzie Carter, is among those three ...
February 19, 2017
Three women who made significant contributions to Georgia’s history will be inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame on March 9, 2017 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia ...
August 13, 2016
Georgia Women of Achievement is seeking nominations for 2017 induction into the state’s hall of fame for important female Georgians.
Basic criteria is that a nominee must have been deceased for at least five years, and have done their primary work or contribution to Georgia’s history within the state. They must be significant at the regional, state or national level, not just locally.