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GA SR1181
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/20/2012
Primary Sponsor
Butch Miller
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AI Summary
- Ms. Beulah Rucker Oliver is recognized as a 2012 Georgia Women of Achievement honoree for her exceptional contributions to education and the African American community in Hall County, Georgia
- 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
- Oliver founded The Industrial School in Hall County and 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 the state
- 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 Georgia Senate commends Georgia Women of Achievement for promoting women's contributions and directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Ms. Oliver's family
Legislative Description
Oliver, Ms. Beulah Rucker; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
3/20/2012
Full Bill Text
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