{"id":208,"date":"2016-10-07T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T08:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/?p=208"},"modified":"2016-10-07T08:34:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T08:34:06","slug":"jennie-tate-anderson-plaque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/jennie-tate-anderson-plaque\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennie Tate Anderson Plaque"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jennie Tate Anderson, also known as “Virginia,” graduated from Emory University in 1933 with Bachelors of Arts in History and Governmental Studies.\u00a0Originally from Marietta, Georgia, she was significantly involved in her community. She was an active member of Garden Club of Georgia, which also was the Ladies Garden Club of Athens. She served as a president of the club from 1969-1971. Mrs. Anderson was an important chairman of Georgia’s “Keep America Beautiful” foundation. Also, she was the co-founder of the Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society. With her husband, James T. Anderson, Jr., she heavily supported the Marietta community through various foundations. She was a board member of other local organizations: the Fulton Federal Savings and Loan Bank, the Northwest Georgia Girl Scout Council, and many more. Her\u00a0plaque is located at the University of Georgia’s Founders Memorial Garden to honor her invaluable contributions and passion to serve the community.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/findingaids.library.emory.edu\/documents\/anderson1183\/<\/p>\n

http:\/\/gardenclub.uga.edu\/history.html<\/p>\n

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Jennie Tate Anderson, also known as “Virginia,” graduated from Emory University in 1933 with Bachelors of Arts in History and Governmental Studies.\u00a0Originally from Marietta, Georgia, she was significantly involved in her community. She was an active member of Garden Club of Georgia, which also was the Ladies Garden Club of Athens. She served as a … Continue reading Jennie Tate Anderson Plaque<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2381,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}