Description: This first of two volumes extends from the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733 up to the Progressive era. From the beginning, Georgia women were instrumental in shaping the state, yet most histories minimize their contributions. The essays include women of many ethnicities and classes who played an important roles.
Brief description: ANN SHORT CHIRHART is an assistant professor of history at Indiana State University.
Review Quotes:
Women have made their mark on all aspects of Georgia's history, from early colonization and revolution, through slavery, war, and defeat, and on through the era of racial repression and reform. Their stories, as told here by accomplished historians all, provide valuable new gendered lenses through which to view that history afresh. Full of new insights and fascinating reading throughout.
--John C. Inscoe "editor of The New Georgia Encyclopedia"