10 Facts About Josephine Wilkins

Josephine Mathewson Wilkins was an American social activist, president of the Georgia State League of Women Voters.

Josephine Wilkins is a 2022 inductee into the Georgia Women of Achievement.

Josephine Mathewson Wilkins was born in Athens, Georgia, the daughter of banker John Julian Wilkins Sr.

Josephine Wilkins attended school at the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, and earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Georgia.

Josephine Wilkins pursued further studies in the arts in New York City, where she took courses at Columbia University.

Josephine Wilkins was elected president of the Georgia State League of Women Voters in 1934.

Josephine Wilkins worked with Governor Ellis Arnall with a grant from the Rosenwald Fund, to create the Georgia Citizens Fact-Finding Movement, an umbrella organization for reform efforts.

Josephine Wilkins worked on anti-lynching laws with Jessie Daniel Ames, and helped to found and lead the Southern Regional Council in the 1940s.

Josephine Wilkins died in Port Charlotte, Florida in 1977, aged 83 years.

Josephine Wilkins's papers were donated to Emory University by her nephews in 1978.