This blog is part of my Social Location Project for my Introduction to Women's Studies course that I am taking this semester. For this project, I had to choose a location that represents some feminist key terms we learned in the first week of class: social construction of gender, privilege, heteronormativity, intersectionality, patriarchy, refusing to take the path of least resistance, and sexism. I chose Emily Tubman's monument in Augusta, Georgia as my social location. Emily Tubman lived in Augusta, Georgia during the 1800s and is still looked on fondly for her philanthropic work and her connections to Liberia (more on that in a later post!). She has become somewhat of a heroine to me and I'm always interested in historical tidbits of my adopted hometown, and if the tidbit includes women's history than it's even more of a bonus.
The Emily Tubman monument is located on the corners of 7th and Greene Streets in downtown Augusta, Georgia:
The monument is simple and elegant was erected on Emily's 200th birthday: March 21, 1994.
"Emily Tubman was born Emily Harvie Thomas on March 21, 1794, in Ashland, Va. Her family moved to Kentucky, and as a young woman Mrs. Tubman traveled to Augusta" (Varian). I will be briefly discussing Emily's accomplishments and how they tie into feminist theory in later posts.
Sources:
New Georgia Encyclopedia. Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press. 2014. 3 June 2014 <http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/file/11682>
Varian, Bill. "Monument to Honor- Emily Tubman's Life." The Augusta Chronicle 13 Mar 1994: C1.
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