Women’s History Resources
The Georgia Historical Society is dedicated to providing standards-based, educational resources that explore Georgia and American History through the experiences of diverse people. In 2017 the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) published a study that “examines the status of women’s history in state-level social studies standards.” The report found that women’s experiences, stories, and histories are often neglected in US history state standards. The Georgia Historical Society has created an online guide that highlights existing GHS resources that help tell the full story of Georgia history through the perspectives of women.
Women’s History on the Blog
Photo of Juliette Gordon Low portrait. From the Foltz Photography Studio Photographs, MS1360-26-06-02.
Each year, the Georgia Historical Society’s Georgia History Festival explores different topics in Georgia history. Explore the various blog posts from annual series that highlight Georgia women.
From the Collection: Drawing of Nancy Hart
From the Collection: Leah Ward Sears
A Legacy of Leadership: Abigail Minis, Family Leader and Businesswoman
A Legacy of Leadership: Dr. Alice Woodby McKane and Pioneering Healthcare in Georgia
A Legacy of Leadership: Juliette Gordon Low, Persevering Founder of the Girl Scouts
A Legacy of Leadership: Leah Ward Sears and Leading from a Young Age
A History of Urban and Architectural Innovation in Savannah
Through the Collection Highlights, the Georgia Historical Society expands on collection materials housed in its archives. View the Collection Highlights blog posts on women’s history topics below.
Historical Markers and Women’s History
#MarkerMonday: The Georgia Civil Rights Trail: The Albany Movement
#MarkerMonday: The Georgia Civil RIghts Trail: The Savannah Protest Movement
Image Credit: David Seibert
#MarkerMonday: Dr. Elizur and Esther Butler: Missionaries to the Cherokees
#MarkerMonday: Jeannette Rankin’s Georgia Home
#MarkerMonday: Mother Mathilda Beasley O.S.F.: Georgia’s First Black Nun
#MarkerMonday: Elizabeth Evelyn Wright
#MarkerMonday: Savannah’s African-American Medical Pioneers
#MarkerMonday: 1996 Summer Olympics: Games of the XXVI Olympiad
#MarkerMonday: Lucy Craft Laney (1864-1933)
#MarkerMonday: First Girl Scout Headquarters in America
#MarkerMonday: Caroline Pafford Miller
#MarkerMonday: Sumter County in the Civil Rights Movement
#MarkerMonday: Wesleyan College, World’s First College Chartered to Grant Degrees to Women
Telfair Nurses 1932. Foltz Photography Studio, MS1360.
Hidden Histories: Beach Institute
Hidden Histories: Birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low
Hidden Histories: Butler Island Plantation
Hidden Histories: Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses
Hidden Histories: Nina Anderson Pape
Hidden Histories: Telfair Hospital for Females
Hidden Histories: The Georgia Civil Rights Trial, The Savannah Protest Movement
Appling
Pulitzer Prize Winner Caroline Pafford Miller
Atkinson
Minnie F. Corbitt Memorial Museum
Baldwin
Flannery O’Connor’s Andalusia Farm
State College
Bartow
Corra Harris
Felton Home
Site – Cassville Female College
Bibb
Site: Wesleyan College, World’s First College Chartered to Grant Degrees to Women
St. Peter Claver Catholic Church
Brooks
Catoosa
Confederate Hospitals (Catoosa County)
The Napier House
Chatham
Bethesda: Highlights of its History
Birthplace of Juliette Low
Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses
CSS Georgia: The “Ladies’ Gunboat”
First Girl Scout Headquarters in America
Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home
Haven Home Industrial Training School
Indian Trading Post: Home of Mary Musgrove
Jane Culyer
Mother Mathilda Beasley, O.S.F.: Georgia’s First Black Nun
Nina Anderson Pape
Savannah’s African-American Medical Pioneers
St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church: Mother Church of Black Catholics in Georgia
St. Vincent’s Academy
Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences
Telfair Family Mansion: (1818 – William Jay, Architect)
Telfair Hospital for Females
The Waving Girl
The Sisters of Mercy and St. Mary’s Home
Clarke
America’s First Garden Club
Lucy Cobb Institute (1858-1931)
Clay
Historic Sites
Site of Fort Gaines Female College
Cobb
Confederate Cemetery (Cobb County)
Confederate Cemetery (Cobb County)
Residence of Alice McClellan Birney (1872-1884)
Decatur
Dekalb
Alpha Delta Pi: Memorial Headquarters
Mary Gay House
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Elbert
Floyd
Dr. Elizur & Esther Butler: Missionaries to the Cherokees
Martha Berry’s Birthplace
Medora Field Perkerson
Original Cabin
Fulton
Atlanta Woman’s Club
Building Together for Youth
Habersham Memorial Hall
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church: Atlanta’s First African-American Catholic Church
Second Oldest D.A.R. Chapter
Spelman College Women Who Serve
Glynn
Gwinnett
Home of Alice Harrell Strickland — Georgia’s First Woman Mayor
Lawrenceville Female Seminary
Hancock
Camilla and Zack Hubert Homesite
Hart
Jones
Lamar
Confederate Cemetery (Lamar County)
Lumpkin
McIntosh
Butler Island Plantation
Famous Butler Authors
Monroe
Morgan
Confederate Dead (Morgan County)
Muscogee
Civil War Women’s Riot
Mildred L. Terry Branch Library
Oconee
Jeannette Rankin’s Georgia Home
Putnam
Rabun
Memorial Lands and Cottages: Georgia Division UDC
Randolph
Andrew Female College
Confederate Dead and Hospitals (Randolph County)
Mother of Georgia’s Pecan Industry
Randolph County’s First “College for Females” 1852-1907
Richmond
Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman (1794-1885)
Lucy Craft Laney (1854-1933)
Haines Normal and Industrial Institute
Stoney Nurses Home of the Lamar School of Nursing
The Sisters of Saint Joseph in Augusta
Sumter
Confederate Cemetery (Sumter County)
Talbot
Taliaferro
Terrell
Chickasawhatchee Primitive Baptist Church
Exile Camp
Troup
Confederate Dead (Troup County)
LaGrange College-1831
The Nancy Harts
Twiggs
Wilkes
First Methodist Church
Home of Sarah Hillhouse
Teacher Guides for Educational Resources at the Georgia Historical Society
Education Materials on Women’s History (PDF)
Female Historical Figures and Historical Topics (PDF)
