Martha Berry

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Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Title:
Martha Berry
Date of Original:
1907
Subject:
Educators--Georgia--Rome
Women educators--Georgia--Rome
Women philanthropists--Georgia--Rome
Philanthropists--Georgia--Rome
Berry Schools
Berry College
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Rome
Fund raisers (Persons)--Georgia--Rome
Women college administrators--Georgia--Rome
College administrators--Georgia--Rome
Berry, Martha, 1866-1942
Location:
United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Rome, 34.25704, -85.16467
Medium:
black-and-white photographs
Type:
Still Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Description:
As a result of her work of forty years with education and Berry College, Martha Berry is among Georgia's most prominent women of the first half of the twentieth century.
Photograph of Martha McChesney Berry, founder of the Berry Schools that were established to provide poor children in the north Georgia mountains with the opportunity to earn an education. These schools of the early 1900s grew within three decades into Berry College, a comprehensive liberal arts college. As a result of her work of forty years with the schools and college, Berry is among Georgia's most prominent women of the first half of the twentieth century.
Metadata URL:
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/martha-berry-1866-1942/m-1763/
Digital Object URL:
https://archive.org/details/worldswork14gard/page/9016/mode/2up?view=theater
Rights Holder:
Courtesy of Berry College Archives
From The World's Work, 1907
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http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/martha-berry-1866-1942
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New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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