Pauley, Frances Freeborn, 1905-2003

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Dates:
Birth 1905-09-11
Death 2003-02-16

Biographical notes:

Frances F. Pauley (b. 1902), civil rights activist, president of the League of Women Voters of Georgia (1950s), Director of the Georgia Human Rights Council (1960-1969), and HEW field representative in 1970.

From the description of Frances F. Pauley oral history interviews, 1988 Apr. 11 and May 3. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477706

Frances Emma Freeborn Pauley, activist in and lobbyist for civil rights and social causes, was born September 11, 1905; graduated from Agnes Scott College (1927); and married landscape architect William C. Pauley (May 25, 1930). Pauley has campaigned for school integration, equal rights for those living in poverty, improvement and equality in public education, and repeal of the county unit system method of statewide elections. She has been active in numerous organizations and is a regular lobbyist for the poor and elderly in Georgia.

From the description of Frances Freeborn Pauley papers, 1919-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78420794

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Civil rights
  • Civil rights movement
  • Community health services
  • County unit system
  • Governors
  • Poll tax
  • Poverty
  • Public schools
  • School integration
  • Women civil rights workers
  • Women human rights workers
  • Women social reformers

Occupations:

  • Activist
  • Lobbyists

Places:

  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Albany (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Americus (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Rome (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Savannah (Ga.) (as recorded)