Name Sarah Hillhouse | ||
Sarah Porter Hillhouse (1763—March 26, 1831) was Georgia's, and possibly America's, first woman editor and printer.
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Background
In 1786, Sarah joined her husband in moving to Washington, Georgia from Massachusetts.
In 1814, she built her house that is now a historic site in Washington.
Monitor
In 1801, Sarah's husband David Hillhouse purchased the town's newspaper, the Washington Gazette, and renamed it the Monitor. When he died just two years later, Sarah took over the role as publisher, making her the first woman publisher in Georgia.
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