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Dual Timeline Assignment
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1900
Margaret Mitchell is born in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 8.
35 people die in a train wreck on June 24, 1.5 miles from McDonough, Georgia
1914
Margaret Mitchell begins attending Washington Seminary, a finishing school
Barrow County, GA, is created on July 7
1918
Margaret Mitchell starts Smith College in Massachusetts
Cook County, GA, is created on July 30
1922
Margaret Mitchell gets a job with the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine
Rebecca Latimer Felton, of Georgia, becomes the first woman to serve in the US Senate
-Although Rebecca Latimer Felton is best known for being the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, her term lasted less than 24 hours
-When Senator Thomas E. Watson died in 1922, Governor Thomas Hardwick appointed a replacement until an election could be held
-Thomas Hardwick wanted to be Senator himself
-He knew that the U.S. Senate would not actually be in session before the elections were held
-Hardwick decided to appoint Rebecca Latimer Felton, who was 87 years old at the time
-The day after she was sworn in, Rebecca Latimer Felton gave a speech thanking the Senate for allowing her to be sworn in and then Thomas Hardwick was sworn in
1925
Margaret Mitchell gets married for the second time, this time to John Robert Marsh, on July 4.
U.S. Mint strikes the first Stone Mountain coin in January
1935
Margaret Mitchell gets a contract in July to publish Gone With the Wind
Vernon Jordan is born in Atlanta, Georgia
1936
Gone With the Wind gets published
Tornado hits Crisp County and kills 36 people
1949
Margaret Mitchell gets hit by a speeding taxi while crossing the street. She dies at Grady Hospital in Atlanta 5 days later.
The Atlanta Negro Voter League is formed
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Vernon Jordan
-Born August 15, 1935 in Atlanta, Georgia
-1972 Jordan became the executive director of the
National Urban League
-Jordan was shot by a sniper in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1980. He did not die from the attempted assassination.
-When Vernon Jordan had fully recovered, he retired from the National Urban League and joined a major law firm in Washington, D.C.
-His autobiography was published in 2001
-Born June 10, 1835
-Born in Dekalb County
-Graduated in 1852 from Madison Female College
-Got into politics because her husband served in the U.S. Congress from 1884-1890
-Rebecca Latimer Felton was her husband's campaign manager while her husband ran for Congress
-Rebecca Latimer Felton soon became more than her husband's campaign manager. She edited his speeches, wrote newspaper articles about him and his work, and even helped draft bills that he presented to the U.S. Legislature
Dual Timeline Assignment
Georgia History
Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell gets married to Red Upshaw