Mamie George S. Williams

Mamie George S. Williams was a politician from Georgia and served on the Republican National Committee. In 1924, Williams became the first woman from Georgia and first African American woman to speak on the floor of the Republican National Convention. She is a member of the Georgia Women of Achievement hall of fame. of the American Red Cross. Williams took action and registered such a large number of African American women to vote that the governor suddenly stopped voter registration so that ancillary laws could be passed. "serving with such venerable women as Hallie Q. Brown, Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells, and Mary McLeod Bethune."