United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321Wilson, Robert J. (Robert John), 1944-2004-01-02Encyclopedia article about Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. Georgia College and State University, Georgia's public liberal arts university, was created by an act of the legislature on November 8, 1889. Georgia Normal and Industrial College, the institution's original name, was founded to provide a practical higher education for women that would enable them to enter business and industry or teaching.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Georgia College & State UniversityUniversities and colleges--Georgia--MilledgevilleGeorgia College and State UniversityText