Born: 29 May 1763, United States
Died: 26 March 1831
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Sarah Porter
The following is shared from The New Georgia Encyclopedia, which allows the use of protected materials for noncommercial educational purposes.
As the nineteenth century began, Georgia had only five newspapers—two in Savannah, two in Augusta, and one in the state capital of Louisville—but soon newspapers appeared in several other towns. One was edited by a woman, Sarah Hillhouse, who in 1803 took over the Washington Monitor, in Washington, when her husband, David, died. She was the first woman editor in the state.