- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Dorothy Rogers Tilly
- Publisher:
- Dorothy Rogers Tilly papers, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
- Date of Original:
- 1883/1970
- Subject:
- Social reformers--Georgia--Atlanta
Women social reformers--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Women civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Lobbyists--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Commission on Interracial Cooperation
Women in church work--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Tilly, Dorothy Rogers, 1883-1970
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Dorothy Rogers Tilly, a native of Hampton, began a lifetime of civil rights work in 1918 with the Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. During the 1930s she worked with the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, traveling throughout Georgia to help diffuse violence against African Americans and prevent lynchings.
Photograph of civil rights activist Dorothy Rogers Tilly. She wears a dark dress with a large white collar. She faces forward.
Tilly began a lifetime of civil rights work in 1918 with the Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. During the 1930s she worked with the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, traveling throughout Georgia to help diffuse violence against African Americans and prevent lynchings. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/dorothy-rogers-tilly-1883-1970/m-7536/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/dorothy-rogers-tilly-1883-1970
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Dorothy Rogers Tilly Papers - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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