Connally, Mary Virginia Brown, 1850-1927

Mrs. Connally was the daughter of Elizabeth Grisham and Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown and lived with her husband for many years at 53 Ashby Street in the then-fashionable West End of Atlanta. Grady Hospital doctors and personnel requested wealthy women like Mrs. Connally to start the Grady Hospital Aid Association, a voluntary, charitable organization. She also served on the board of the Industrial Educational Loan Association in Fulton County, founded to help poor white women attend college in Milledgeville.

From the description of Mary Virginia Brown (Mrs. Elijah Lewis) Connally organization papers, 1892-1906 (bulk 1892-1899). (Georgia Department of Archives and History Library). WorldCat record id: 145567427

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