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GA HR1601
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/24/2012
Primary Sponsor
Roberta Abdul-Salaam
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution 1601 commends Ms. Beulah Rucker Oliver as a 2012 Georgia Women of Achievement honoree for her exceptional contributions to education and her community.
- Ms. Rucker Oliver earned her degree from Savannah State College in 1944 at age 56 while simultaneously teaching, giving music lessons, and making and selling hats.
- She opened The Industrial School in Hall County, was the first woman to establish a school in Gainesville, the first to receive a Rosenwald Grant for her school, and the first to start a Veterans Night School in Georgia.
- Her schools eventually merged with the City of Gainesville School District in the 1950s, and her daughters and a former student later founded The Educational Foundation and Museum Beulah Rucker, Inc., in her honor.
- The resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy to Ms. Oliver's family.
Legislative Description
Oliver, Ms. Beulah Rucker; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
2/24/2012
Full Bill Text
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