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Lucy Cobb Institute
The Lucy Cobb Institute was a girls' school on Milledge Avenue in Athens, Georgia, United States. It was founded by Thomas R.R. Cobb, and named in honor of his daughter, who had died of scarlet fever at age 14, shortly before construction was completed and doors opened; it was incorporated in 1859. The cornerstone for the Seney-Stovall Chapel was laid in May 1882, and the octagonal building was dedicated in 1885. The school closed in 1931. The campus of the Lucy Cobb Institute was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972. Today, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia is housed in the former Lucy Cobb Institute. History Background In 1854, a piece called "The Education of Our Girls" ran in a local paper, the ''Athens Watchman''. The letter was written by Laura Cobb (Mrs. Williams) Rutherford, who was "writing from a ladylike modesty" about the poor state of education for women in the South. It was signed "Mother" and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens, Georgia
Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an R1 research institution, is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth. In 1991, after a vote the preceding year, the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County, referred to jointly as Athens–Clarke County. As of 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau's population of the consolidated city-county (all of Clarke County except Winterville and a portion of Bogart) was 127,315. Athens is the sixth-largest city in Georgia, and the principal city of the Athens metropolitan area, which had a 2020 population of 215,415, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Metropolitan Athens is a component of the larger Atlanta–Athens–Clarke County–Sandy Springs Combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer University Press
Mercer University Press, established in 1979, is a university press operated by Mercer University. The press has published more than 1,600 books, releasing 35-40 titles annually with a 5-person staff. Mercer is the only Baptist-related institution with an active continuous full-time publishing program over the past thirty years. Mercer University Press is a member of The Association of University Presses and The Green Press Initiative Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combina .... References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Wilkins
Josephine Mathewson Wilkins (September 30, 1893 – May 30, 1977) was an American social activist, president of the Georgia State League of Women Voters. She is a 2022 inductee into the Georgia Women of Achievement. Early life Josephine Mathewson Wilkins was born in Athens, Georgia, the daughter of banker John Julian Wilkins Sr., and Jessie Stanley Horton Wilkins. She attended school at the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, and earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Georgia. She pursued further studies in the arts in New York City, where she took courses at Columbia University. Career Wilkins began working for the Georgia Children's Code Commission on child labor legislation in 1925. When the child labor bill passed, Franklin Roosevelt wired his congratulations to Wilkins personally. In 1933, she was part of a citizens' committee to address police brutality towards Black residents of Atlanta. She was elected president of the Georgia State League of Women Voters in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fay Webb-Gardner
Fay Lamar Webb-Gardner (September 7, 1885 – January 16, 1969) was an American political hostess, businesswoman, and philanthropist. As the wife of Oliver Max Gardner, she served as the Second Lady of North Carolina from 1917 to 1923 and as First Lady of North Carolina from 1929 to 1933. When her husband's political career took them to Washington, D.C., she became known as a prominent society and political hostess and was considered one of the most popular figures in American political circles of the time. Webb-Gardner was active in cultural and civic endeavors and was a member of the American Red Cross, the Woman's Missionary Union, the North Carolina Symphony Society, the National Civic League, and the League of Women Voters, as well as Chairwoman of the North Carolina State Advisory Board of Paroles. A Democrat, she served on the North Carolina Democratic Committee and the Democratic National Committee, and was twice elected as a delegate to the Democratic National Conve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day
Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (June 22, 1869 – January 4, 1943) was an American politician who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1943. She was the third woman, and first woman Democrat, elected to Congress from New York. Life Caroline Goodwin (or Carrie as she was known to her family) was born June 22, 1869. She was the daughter and first child of Sidney Prior Goodwin, a descendant of Ozias Goodwin who emigrated to Massachusetts from England in 1639; and Mary Elia Warren. Her father was a planter residing in Savannah, Georgia, who served in the Oglethorpe Light Infantry of the Confederate States Army. He surrendered and was paroled in April 1865. (Goodwin James J., ''The Goodwins of Hartford, Connecticut'', Brown & Gross 1891, page 668). Caroline graduated from Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, Georgia. She studied art in Paris, Munich, and Holland. On April 20, 1901, she married Daniel O'Day, who served as secretary and treasurer of Standard O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moina Michael
Moina Belle Michael (August 15, 1869 – May 10, 1944) was an American professor and humanitarian who conceived the idea of using poppies as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in World War I. Early life Michael was born in 1869 and lived on what is now known as 3698 Moina Michael Road in Good Hope, in Walton County, Georgia. She was the eldest daughter and second of the seven children of John Marion Michael, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War, and Alice Sherwood Wise. She was distantly related to General Francis Marion on her father's side, and the Wise family of Virginia state governors on her mother's side. Both sides of her family had Huguenot ancestry, with origins in Brittany and Flanders respectively. Her family was wealthy and owned a cotton plantation until 1898. She was educated at Braswell Academy in Morgan County, and the Martin Institute in Jefferson, Georgia. She became a teacher in 1885, initially in Good Hope and then in Monroe, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Flisch
Julia Flisch (31 January 1861 – 17 March 1941) was a writer, educator, and advocate for women's rights to education and independence from Georgia (U.S. state). Flisch was known for her call to "Give the girls a chance!" in her fight for equity in education access. Early life and education Julia Flisch was born in Augusta, Georgia. She was the daughter of Leonard Flisch and Pauline W. Heolzapfel, from Switzerland and Germany, respectively. Their marriage and struggle to forge a cohesive identity consistent with America's values inspired much of Julia's personality and storytelling. Flisch grew up in Athens, Georgia, where her father ran a candy shop near the University of Georgia campus. Flisch yearned to attend the university after graduating from the Lucy Cobb Institute, but she was denied entrance in 1869 because she was a woman. Though she rarely spoke of this rejection, it undoubtedly spurned her advocacy for women's access to higher education. She attended Cooper Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Johnson Cocke
Sarah Johnson Cocke (, Johnson; after first marriage, Hagan; after second marriage, Cocke; February 7, 1865 – January 20, 1944) was an American writer and civic leader. She was also active in several women's clubs. Cocke's works of Southern fiction include, ''Bypaths in Dixie'', ''Master of the Hills'', and ''Old Mammy Tales from Dixie Land''. A memoir, ''A Woman of Distinction: From Hoopskirts to Airplanes, a Remembrance'', was published posthumously. Early life and education Sarah Cobb Johnson was born in Selma, Alabama, February 7, 1865, but was reared in Atlanta, Georgia. Both of her parents were members of distinguished Southern families. Her father was Dr. John Milton Johnson of Paducah, Kentucky, who served as president of Atlanta Academy of Medicine, as well as chair, department of physiology and pathological anatomy, Atlanta Medical College. Her mother was Mary Willis (nee Cobb) Erwin Johnson, of Athens, Georgia. Her mother was a daughter of John Addison and Sarah Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside/Out
Inside Out may refer to: *Backwards (other) or inverse Books * '' Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd'', by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason * ''Inside Out'', Christian book by Larry Crabb * ''Inside Out'', novel by Barry Eisler * ''Inside Out & Back Again'', children's book by Thanhha Lai * ''Inside Out'', novel by Ann M. Martin * ''Inside Out'', 2016 novel by Maria V. Snyder * ''Inside Out: Straight Talk from a Gay Jock'', 2006 autobiography by Mark Tewksbury * ''Inside Out'' (Moore book), a 2019 memoir by actress Demi Moore * ''Inside Out'', 2003 novel by Terry Trueman Film * ''Inside Out'' (1975 film), a comedy thriller starring Telly Savalas and James Mason * ''Inside Out'' (1986 film), by Robert Taicher about a man suffering from agoraphobia, starring Elliott Gould * ''Inside/Out'' (film), a 1997 American drama directed by Rob Tregenza * ''Inside Out'' (2005 film), a thriller starring Eriq La Salle and Steven Weber * ''Inside Out'' (2011 film), starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Lipscomb
Mary Ann Rutherford Lipscomb (1848 — 1918) was an educator born in Athens, Georgia. Lipscomb believed in childhood education, and she helped make primary education required for all children in Georgia. After she was widowed, Lipscomb went to work at the Lucy Cobb Institute, under the direction of her sister, Mildred Lewis Rutherford; in 1895, Lipscomb took over leadership of that school. Lipscomb founded the Tallulah Falls School in 1909. Both Lipscomb and Rutherford have student dormitories named after them at the University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ .... Lipscomb was named a Georgia Woman of Achievement in 2010. References Early childhood education in the United States People from Athens, Georgia Educators from Georgia (U.S. state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George I
George I or 1 may refer to: People * Patriarch George I of Alexandria ( fl. 621–631) * George I of Constantinople (d. 686) * George I of Antioch (d. 790) * George I of Abkhazia (ruled 872/3–878/9) * George I of Georgia (d. 1027) * Yuri Dolgorukiy (c. 1099–1157), George I of Kiev/Russia * George I of Duklja, King of Duklja (1113-1118) and again (1125-1131) * George I of Bulgaria (d. 1308/9) * Yuri I of Galicia (c. 1252–1308) * George I of Imereti (fl. late 1300s) * George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (c. 1390–1474) * George VIII of Georgia (1417–1476), George I of Kakheti * George I of Münsterberg (1470–1502) * George I of Brieg (c. 1482–1521) * George I, Duke of Pomerania (1493–1531) * George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard (1498–1558) * George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547–1596) * George I Rákóczi (1593–1648), prince of Transylvania * George I of Great Britain (1660–1727), also Elector of Hanover * George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761–1803) * Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was set up on May 6, 1935, by presidential order, as a key part of the Second New Deal. The WPA's first appropriation in 1935 was $4.9 billion (about $15 per person in the U.S., around 6.7 percent of the 1935 GDP). Headed by Harry Hopkins, the WPA supplied paid jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States, while building up the public infrastructure of the US, such as parks, schools, and roads. Most of the jobs were in construction, building more than 620,000 miles (1,000,000 km) of streets and over 10,000 bridges, in addition to many airports and much housing. The largest single project of the WPA was the Tennessee Valley Authority. At its peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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