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Annual Dinner
Our 33rd Annual Dinner will be held on Thursday, September 17th at The Classic Center in Athens, GA. We are thrilled that Melissa Fay Greene, award-winning author of Praying for Sheetrock and There Is No Me Without You, will be our guest speaker. Melissa Brooks, a 2008 JRF Scholar and recent gra...
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Athenas give in memory of Vivian Fisher
The latest Athena Award recipient will accept her sculpture Monday night, making her the 22nd woman to earn recognition for her years of hard work and her dedication to Athens. Since 1988, the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and award sponsor Heyward Allen Motor Co., have honored women who have s...
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Thirty-one Phi Theta Kappas receive JRF scholarships
Thirty-one members of Phi Theta Kappa have received new or renewed 2008 Jeannette Rankin Foundation Scholarships of approximately $2,000. The Jeannette Rankin Foundation provides financial assistance to mature women who have been motivated to change their lives through education but face financia...
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AT&T Makes Donation to JRF
Paul Chambers, Northeast Georgia District Manager of AT&T, announced that AT&T is making a gift of $10,000 to the Jeannette Rankin Foundation (JRF). The announcement of the gift was made public at JRF’s 31st Annual Dinner held on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at The Classic Center. JRF’s ...
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Siegel talks to Rankin Foundation
The first female president in the University System of Georgia spoke in honor of the first woman elected to U.S. Congress at the annual Jeannette Rankin Foundation dinner. Betty L. Siegel, president of Kennesaw State University from 1981 until 2006, gave the keynote speech at the dinner on Thursd...
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