- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Isa-Beall Williams Neel (1861-1953)
- Creator:
- Pryor, Dorothy M.
- Date of Original:
- 2002-11-20
- Subject:
- Baptist women--Georgia
Religious leaders--Georgia
Women religious leaders--Georgia
Teachers--Georgia
Women teachers--Georgia
Georgia Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Union
Neel, Isa-Beall Williams, 1861-1953 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Isa-Beall Williams Neel. Isa-Beall Williams Neel was an outstanding educator and a gifted speaker and leader. She was president of the Georgia Baptist Woman's Missionary Union from 1911 to 1932 and then taught language at Bessie Tift College in Forsyth from 1932 to 1941. She was the first woman to receive the honorary LL.D. degree from Mercer University in Macon (1931) and the first woman to be elected vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention (1931).
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/isa-beall-williams-neel-1861-1953/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Isa-Beall Williams Neel (1861-1953)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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