This is a very progressive and influential list. The University of Georgia was the first state chartered university in the United States (1785). The first newspaper using a native American language, The Cherokee Phoenix, was founded in Georgia in 1828. Wesleyan College in Macon was the first college in world chartered to confer degrees to women (1836). Georgia was the first state to give women full property rights (1866). Spelman College in Atlanta was the first college in the world chartered for African American women (1881). Georgia was the first state to allow 18-year olds the right to vote (1943). http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~wbroadwe/gafactsheet.htm
