Bergmark, Jean B.

Jean B. Bergmark, journalist and freelance writer, co-authored GRACE TOWNS HAMILTON AND THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE with Lorraine Nelson Spritzer. Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992) was the first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly. Bergmark graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in journalism in 1945. She served as a reporter for several publications including the AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN and THE NEW REPUBLIC MAGAZINE. As a freelance writer, Bergmark has co-authored three other books, including NOTALBE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CIVIL WAR, and HOW TO COOK A PIG, with Betty Talmadge and Carolyn Carter. In the late 1980s, Bergmark served on Local Arrangements Committee for "Women and the Constitution: A Bicentennial Perspective," a symposium which examined women and their role in the constitutional history of the United States. The symposium was sponsored by the Carter Center of Emory University and held at the Atlanta Hilton on February 10-12, 1988.