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September 11, 1894

Helen Douglas Mankin

An ambulance driver, a lawyer, and one of the first women elected to Congress from Georgia — all stops along the way for Helen Douglas Mankin. Mankin was the daughter of two lawyers. She drove an ambulance in France during World War I, then graduated from Atlanta Law School, which her father helped found. She […]

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Before launching her law career, Helen Douglas Mankin and her sister, Jean, embarked on a drive across America and back.