Sarah Porter Hillhouse

Sarah Porter Hillhouse (1763—March 26, 1831) was Georgia's, and possibly America's, first woman editor and printer.[1] She has been posthumously inducted into both the Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame and the Georgia Women of Achievement.

Life

In 1786,[1] Sarah joined her husband in moving to Washington, Georgia from Massachusetts.[2]

In 1814, she built her house that is now a historic site in Washington.[1]

Monitor

In 1801, Sarah's husband David Hillhouse purchased the town's newspaper, the Washington Gazette, and renamed it the Monitor.[1] When he died just two years later, Sarah took over the role as publisher, making her the first woman publisher in Georgia.

References
  1. "Sarah Porter Hillhouse". Georgia Women of Achievement. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  2. Phillips, Ulrich B. (July 1911). "The Alexander Letters, 1787-1900, Review". The American Historical Review. 16 (4): 830–832. doi:10.2307/1835729. JSTOR 1835729.
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