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GA HR2024
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/26/2012
Primary Sponsor
Doug Collins
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution 2024 commends Ms. Beulah Rucker Oliver as a 2012 Georgia Women of Achievement honoree for her exceptional contributions to education and her community
- Ms. Oliver earned her degree from Savannah State College in 1944 at age 56 while simultaneously teaching school, giving music lessons, and making and selling hats
- She founded The Industrial School in Hall County, eventually merging it with the City of Gainesville School District in the 1950s, serving as an educator and fundraiser for the African American community
- She achieved multiple firsts, including being the first recipient of a Rosenwald Grant for her school, the first woman to establish a school in Gainesville, and the first to start a Veterans Night School in the state
- The resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy to the family of Ms. Beulah Rucker Oliver
Legislative Description
Oliver, Ms. Beulah Rucker; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/26/2012
Full Bill Text
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