United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798unknown1955Portrait of historian Ruth Blair in Atlanta, Georgia.Ruth Blair, born in Douglas County, Georgia on March 17, 1889 to Hiram Columbus Blair and Nancy Ann Mozley, served as the State Historian of Georgia. She worked for several years as a reference librarian in the Georgia State Library before she became assistant director of the Georgia Department of Archives and History. In 1925, Blair served as the first female director of the Georgia Department of Archives and History, where she spent most of her time focusing on helping county historians write county histories of Georgia until she stepped down in 1937 to work more closely with the Atlanta Historical Society. She was also a member of the Atlanta Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.image/jpegVIS.170.2655.001ahc1702655001Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Atlanta History photograph collectionWomen--1920-1930Women archivists--Georgia--AtlantaWomen historians--Georgia--AtlantaGeorgia. Department of Archives and HistoryRuth BlairStillImage