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View of Ethel Matthews, the founder of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization, at a meeting of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization at Emmaus House in the Peoplestown community of Atlanta, Georgia.Ethel Mae Matthews was the founder and first president of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization and was a persistent advocate for the poor, the elderly, and children.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Activists
  2. African Americans
  3. Atlanta
  4. Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization
  5. Audiences
  6. Emmaus House (Atlanta, Ga.)
  7. Eyeglasses
  8. Georgia
  9. Hats
  10. Matthews, Ethel M., 1933 2005
  11. Welfare Rights Movement
  12. Women

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