Background
Powers, Georgia M. was born in 1923 in Springfield, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Ben and Frances (Walker) Montgomery.
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Georgia M. Powers
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Ed, Louisville Municipal College, 1942.
Career
Supervisor International Business Machines Corporation Data Processing division United States Census Bureau, 1959—1962. Assistant hospital administrator Louisville, 1966. Member Kentucky Senate, 1968—1989.
Retired, 1989; member Governor's Advisory Council Mental Retardation, 1967—1968. District chairman Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee, 1964—1966. Chairman Blume Congress campaign, 1966.
Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1968. Board directors Louisville area chapter American Red Cross, 1970—1972.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Urban League, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Kentucky Conference award 1979, Isaac Murphy award 1981, Clarence Mitchell award 1983).
Connections
Married James L. Powers. 1 child from previous marriage William F. Davis.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Kennedy-King Meritorious award, Kentucky Young Democrats, 1968, Achievement award, Zion Baptist Church, 1968, certificate of appreciation Kentucky School Boards Association, 1968, Woman of Year award Young Women’s Christian Association, 1978, Watson Memorial award, 1979, award Kentucky State University, 1981, President's award Simmons Bible College, Martini Luther King, Junior-Drum Major Justice award, 1983, Distinguished Citizen award, Kappa Alpha Psi, 1983.Recipient Kennedy-King Meritorious award, Kentucky Young Democrats, 1968, Achievement award, Zion Baptist Church, 1968, certificate of appreciation Kentucky School Boards Association, 1968, Woman of Year award Young Women’s Christian Association, 1978, Watson Memorial award, 1979, award Kentucky State University, 1981, President's award Simmons Bible College, Martini Luther King, Junior-Drum Major Justice award, 1983, Distinguished Citizen award, Kappa Alpha Psi, 1983.