- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Mildred Seydell
- Publisher:
- Mildred Seydell papers, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
- Date of Original:
- 1889/1988
- Subject:
- Journalists--Georgia--Atlanta
Women journalists--Georgia--Atlanta
Feminists--Georgia--Atlanta
Social reformers--Georgia--Atlanta
Women social reformers--Georgia--Atlanta
Typewriters--Georgia--Atlanta
Desks--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
Publishers and publishing--Georgia--Atlanta
Authors, American--Georgia--Atlanta
Women authors, American--Georgia--Atlanta
Seydell, Mildred, 1889-1988 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mildred Seydell was one of the first women in Georgia to work as a professional journalist. A native of Atlanta, Seydell began her career as a correspondent for a West Virginia newspaper before being hired in 1924 as a society-page writer for the Atlanta Georgian.
Photograph of journalist Mildred Seydell. She sits at a desk on which a typewriter and stacks of papers sit. Holding a paper in her hand, she faces forward. Seydell broke the gender barrier and was one of the first women to work as a newspaper journalist in Georgia. She was a nationally syndicated columnist and book author, a strong advocate for women's rights, and the founder of her own publishing company and quarterly journal. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mildred-seydell-1889-1988/m-10006/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mildred-seydell-1889-1988
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Mildred Seydell Papers - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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