Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1961.

At 1401 Peachtree Street in Atlanta.

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Margaret Mitchell (November 8, 1900 - August 16, 1949) spent her girlhood and young ladyhood in the home of her father, which stood here. Her family had lived in Atlanta since the city's earliest days. She was born and lived in Atlanta all her life. After her marriage to John Robert Marsh (July 4, 1925), she wrote Gone with the Wind over a period of ten years - 1926-36 while residing at 979 Crescent Ave., NE (1925-32) and at 4 17th Street NE (1932-39). She was a reporter on the Atlanta Journal for four years (1922-26). She died on August 16, 1949 from an accident suffered near here. Her novel which was published June 30, 1936, has been translated into 25 foreign languages.

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1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1892 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
Historical map (Stanford Libraries)

Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering the location of Margaret Mitchell, 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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