- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Dorothy Felton (1929-2008)
- Creator:
- Crawford, Tom
- Date of Original:
- 2008-02-08
- Subject:
- Legislators--Georgia
Women legislators--Georgia
Felton, Dorothy, 1929-2008
Politicians--Georgia
Women politicians--Georgia
Georgia. General Assembly - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Dorothy Felton. Dorothy Felton was the first Republican woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly and eventually became the longest-serving Republican and the longest-serving woman of either party in the state legislature. She also worked for more than a quarter of a century for the right of the Sandy Springs community of Fulton County to incorporate as a municipality, a goal that was not achieved until four years after she retired from elective office.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/dorothy-felton-1929-2008/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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