United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Avondale Estates, 33.77149, -84.26714Clayton, Forrest (Avondale Estates, Ga.)1943"Avondale Estates, 1943. Principal of Avondale Estates Elementary School. Began 1949. Mrs. Mary Freeman (DeKalb County PTA Council President). She organized in 1938 association for childhood education in DeKalb County. She was the first woman in the state to earn a professional principals certificate. She organized, with Superintendent Jim Cherry, the DeKalb County in service education program in which teachers and principals met on Saturdays."--from field notesimage/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Women--Georgia--Avondale EstatesEducation--Georgia--Avondale Estates[Photograph of principal of Avondale Estates Elementary School, Avondale Estates, DeKalb County, Georgia, 1943]StillImage