- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Mary Latimer McLendon (1840-1921)
- Creator:
- Pullen, Ann Ellis
- Date of Original:
- 2004-05-14
- Subject:
- Women--Suffrage--Georgia
Prohibition--Georgia
Temperance--Georgia
Voting--Georgia
Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Georgia Women's Suffrage Association
McLendon, Mary Latimer, 1840-1921
Temperance--Societies, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Mary Latimer McLendon. Mary Latimer McLendon, along with her older sister Rebecca Latimer Felton, was a leader in the prohibition and woman suffrage movements in Georgia. She is perhaps best known for her long tenure as president of the Georgia Women's Suffrage Association (GWSA). After her death in 1921, the GWSA and Georgia Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) placed a marble fountain bearing her likeness in the state capitol; the inscription recognizes her as the "Mother of Suffrage in Georgia."
GSE identifier: SS8H7 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/mary-latimer-mclendon-1840-1921/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Mary Latimer McLendon (1840-1921)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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