Elena Diaz-Verson Amos
Philanthropist Elena Diaz-Verson Amos, a Cuban immigrant, was active in educational, philanthropic, and political causes and dedicated to increasing intercultural understanding in Georgia.
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Grace Towns Hamilton
The first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly
Dot Peters
Respected Aboriginal Australian Elder who worked tirelessly for many years in the eastern region, raising awareness of Aboriginal issues and strengthening the community.
Jeannine Smith Clark
Jeannine Smith Clark was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, a chair of the National Portrait Gallery Commission, and a director of the White House Historical Association.
Fran Rowan
Rowan was a tireless community leader who advocated for youth, the arts, and neighbors in need. She was instrumental in the founding of Meridian House, a residential substance abuse treatment program for men and women.
Gladys Gusson
Among the social workers who served at the South End House in Boston was Gladys Gusson (1935-88) who counseled families, was a tenant advocate, and ran after-school groups and girls’ clubs.
Rebecca Buffum Spring
New Jersey’s Rebecca Buffum Spring (1811-1911) founded the middle-class utopian communities of The North American Phalanx at Red Bank as well as the Raritan Bay Union at Perth Amboy.
Lucy Craft Laney
The founder and principal of the Haines Institute in Augusta for fifty years (1883-1933), Lucy Craft Laney is Georgia’s most famous female African American educator.
Lugenia Burns Hope
Lugenia Burns Hope was an early 1900s social activist, reformer, and community organizer. Spending most of her career in Atlanta, she worked for the improvement of Black communities through traditional social work, community health campaigns, and political pressure for better education and infrastructure.
Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford
Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford was an antislavery leader who founded a female auxiliary of the American Colonization Society in Fredericksburg, Virginia.