United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981889/1988Mildred 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.image/jpegMildred Seydell papers, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mildred-seydell-1889-1988Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mildred-seydell-1889-1988Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaMildred Seydell PapersJournalists--Georgia--AtlantaWomen journalists--Georgia--AtlantaFeminists--Georgia--AtlantaSocial reformers--Georgia--AtlantaWomen social reformers--Georgia--AtlantaTypewriters--Georgia--AtlantaDesks--Georgia--AtlantaWomen--Georgia--AtlantaPublishers and publishing--Georgia--AtlantaAuthors, American--Georgia--AtlantaWomen authors, American--Georgia--AtlantaSeydell, Mildred, 1889-1988Mildred SeydellStillImage