Spelman College Women Who Serve

Spelman College Women Who Serve is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1992.

Inside the back gate of Spelman College on Westview Drive in Atlanta.

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Spelman College was founded in 1881. The National Alumnae Association of Spelman College (NAASC) was organized by Clara Howard in May 1892. Miss Howard, a member of the first graduating class (1887), served as association president. Spelman alumnae have served humanity in home and foreign missions, education, government, the arts, law, the sciences and religion, with a major emphasis on community service. Spelman alumnae are the living college.

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Historical maps covering this location

1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1888 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
Historical map (Stanford Libraries)

Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering the location of Spelman College Women Who Serve, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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