Sarah Porter Hillhouse


Sarah Porter Hillhouse was Georgia's, and possibly America's, first woman editor and printer. She has been posthumously inducted into both the Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame and the Georgia Women of Achievement.

Life

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.