Sarah Porter Hillhouse
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Sarah Porter Hillhouse (1763—March 26, 1831) was Georgia's, and possibly America's, first woman editor and printer.[1]
Background
In 1786,[1] Sarah joined her husband in moving to Washington, Georgia from Massachusetts.[2]
In 1814, she built her house that is now a historic site in Washington.[1]
Monitor
In 1801, Sarah's husband David Hillhouse purchased the town's newspaper, the Washington Gazette, and renamed it the Monitor.[1] When he died just two years later, Sarah took over the role as publisher, making her the first woman publisher in Georgia.
