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Inman Orphanage - New Georgia Encyclopedia

The Inman family donated a portion of their wealth to many charitable causes in Atlanta, including several colleges, the Confederate Soldiers' Home, Grady Memorial Hospital, and this orphanage. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Atlanta History Center.

Isabella Maria Hazzard - New Georgia Encyclopedia

Isabella Maria Hazzard was the mother of Charles Rinaldo Floyd, a militia leader during the Okefenokee Campaign of 1838-39. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6cn5qqnJrAbr7Ip5ilnJ9is6272J1kam9pbHpyhJNuZqKrkZeyrbjAZqSaqpmWeqmt2bOYq5yPZX1yew%3D%3D

J. J. Owen - New Georgia Encyclopedia

Dobbs, Chris. "J. J. Owen." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/j-j-owen/ Dobbs, C. (2017). J. J. Owen. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/j-j-owen/ Dobbs, Chris. "J. J. Owen." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 09 March 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/j-j-owen/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKJdn3qww8SnZg%3D%3D

Jeannette Rankin Foundation - New Georgia Encyclopedia

A national nonprofit organization based in Athens, the Jeannette Rankin Foundation awards scholarships annually to low-income women thirty-five years of age and older who seek financial assistance for undergraduate or vocational programs. The foundation bears the name of Jeannette Rankin, who in 1916 became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Born in Montana in 1880, Rankin was a longtime resident of Watkinsville. Upon her death in 1973, Rankin, a lifelong activist for women’s and children’s rights, bequeathed her estate in Watkinsville to assist mature women workers.

Jonesboro - New Georgia Encyclopedia

The seat of Clayton County, Jonesboro is located in Georgia’s upper central Piedmont region,  approximately eighteen miles south of Atlanta, just southeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It is the site of the 1864 Battle of Jonesboro and the fictionalized setting for Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel Gone With the Wind. (Mitchell’s grandmother was born and reared on a plantation nearby.) Jonesboro is also known as the home of 1984 Olympic swimming gold medalist Steve Lundquist.