Tift College-GHM 102-7-Monroe Co
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N 33° 02.117 W 083° 55.777
17S E 226387 N 3659013
at the college's southern gate on Tift College Dr., Forsyth
Waymark Code: WM6XDX
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2009
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Chartered in 1849 as Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute, Tift College was one of the group of colleges pioneering in the education of women. Known for 50 years as Monroe College, the name was changed in 1907 to Bessie Tift College, honoring a devoted alumna, Mrs. Bessie Willingham Tift, and was abbreviated to Tift in 1956. Since 1898 the property of the Georgia Baptist Convention, it has served well its avowed purpose: ´that our daughters may be as cornerstones polished after the similitude of a palace.´
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 102-7
Date: 1957
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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