Journalist and political activist. Georgia Hopley began her career as an ardent supporter of Prohibition, aiding the campaign to support that movement in her teens, and then supporting an organization headed by her brother in her late teens. Hopley's father was the editor of the Bucyrus Evening Journal and as a young woman, with purpose and a belief that women were capable of gathering information from sources and write objectively could and should be allowed employment in that field. To that end, she pursued a career in Journalism, becoming the first full-time employee of an Ohio major market daily newspaper. She was appointed by the governor of Ohio to represent the state at the 1900 Paris Exhibition, acting as the hostess in the Ohio Pavillion. She fulfilled that same duty at the 1901 Buffalo Exhibition and was on-site at that event when President McKinley was shot. The death of McKinley propelled her into the world of politics as she took a more active role in pursuing Ohio support for an amendment to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol as a national policy. During the 1920 presidential campaign, she acted as associate press secretary for the presidential campaign of Warren G. Harding. Harding rewarded her with the appointment of Director of Constructive Publicity for the office enforcing the Volstead Act. To that end, Hopley was the first female sworn in as a General Agent - reporting to Commissioner Roy Haynes - and her appointment led to the appointment of other women in the field. Despite her fervor for the cause, and support by Haynes and other Ohio politicians, Hopley was forced out of her position in 1925 when it was decided that her expenditures and activities in politics were beyond the scope of her office. The remainder of her life was spent in Bucyrus, where she died in 1944.
Journalist and political activist. Georgia Hopley began her career as an ardent supporter of Prohibition, aiding the campaign to support that movement in her teens, and then supporting an organization headed by her brother in her late teens. Hopley's father was the editor of the Bucyrus Evening Journal and as a young woman, with purpose and a belief that women were capable of gathering information from sources and write objectively could and should be allowed employment in that field. To that end, she pursued a career in Journalism, becoming the first full-time employee of an Ohio major market daily newspaper. She was appointed by the governor of Ohio to represent the state at the 1900 Paris Exhibition, acting as the hostess in the Ohio Pavillion. She fulfilled that same duty at the 1901 Buffalo Exhibition and was on-site at that event when President McKinley was shot. The death of McKinley propelled her into the world of politics as she took a more active role in pursuing Ohio support for an amendment to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol as a national policy. During the 1920 presidential campaign, she acted as associate press secretary for the presidential campaign of Warren G. Harding. Harding rewarded her with the appointment of Director of Constructive Publicity for the office enforcing the Volstead Act. To that end, Hopley was the first female sworn in as a General Agent - reporting to Commissioner Roy Haynes - and her appointment led to the appointment of other women in the field. Despite her fervor for the cause, and support by Haynes and other Ohio politicians, Hopley was forced out of her position in 1925 when it was decided that her expenditures and activities in politics were beyond the scope of her office. The remainder of her life was spent in Bucyrus, where she died in 1944.
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