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 Mary Latimer McLendon Fountain
Mary Latimer McLendon Fountain

 
Mary Latimer McLendon marble fountain placed in the south wing on the main floor of Georgia's state capitol by the Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1923 bears this inscription:


MARY LATIMER MCLENDON

JUNE 24, 1840 - NOVEMBER 20, 1921

MOTHER OF SUFFRAGE IN GEORGIA

PIONEER LEADER IN THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE

SHE MADE THE WORLD A WIDER WORLD FOR

WOMEN A SAFER WORLD FOR ALL MANKIND

SHE HAD THE WILL TO SERVE AND BEAR

LOVE TO DO AND DARE
 
 

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Photo: Ed Jackson

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