United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Crawford, Tom2008-02-08Encyclopedia 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.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Legislators--GeorgiaWomen legislators--GeorgiaFelton, Dorothy, 1929-2008Politicians--GeorgiaWomen politicians--GeorgiaGeorgia. General AssemblyDorothy Felton (1929-2008)Text