One of the first women to work as a newspaper journalist in Georgia (U.S.). She was a nationally syndicated columnist and book author, a strong advocate for women’s rights, and the founder of her own publishing company and quarterly journal.
American poet
US Civil War diarist
Olive Ann Burns was a professional writer, journalist, and columnist for most of her life.
American fiction writer
Award-winning, No. 1 New York Times best-selling author
American librarian; during WWII, she was asked by the federal government to install war and defense information centers in 4,000 libraries across the country.
Mattie Lou O’Kelley began to paint in 1962, at the age of fifty-four. Memory painters like O’Kelley were known for depicting scenes from their earlier lives—usually rural themes reflecting simpler times.
American local historian
Marian McCamy Sims emerged as a novelist and short-story writer in the 1930s and 1940s