Ethel Harpst
Ethel Harpst | |
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Born | Georgia, United States | October 27, 1883
Died | January 12, 1967 Montgomery, Alabama, United States | (aged 83)
Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery Cedartown, Georgia |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Educator |
Ethel Elizabeth Harpst (October 27, 1883 – January 12, 1967) was an American educator, caregiver, and founder of the Harpst House in Cedartown, Georgia.
She moved from
Harpst established the
The work at the Settlement goes on with night school, day nursery, clinics, classes for men, women, boys, and girls, visiting the sick, comforting the sorrowing, and many other things "too numerous to mention."
Ethel Harpst, The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Forty-Fifth Annual Report for the Year 1925–1926
In 1984, the Women's Division of the United Methodist Church combined the Harpst Home with the Sarah Murphy Home to create the Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers in Cedartown.[7] Murphy-Harpst continues to operate to this day, helping care for hundreds of abused children in partnership with the Georgia Department of Family and Children's Services and the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice.[5] Harpst retired in 1951 at the age of 68.
She was awarded the
References
- ^ a b Miller, Mildred Perry (March 24, 2008). "Memories Of A Children's Home". The Chattanoogan. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Jackson, Floyd; Cooper, W. C. (1951). "History of Anna Kresge Memorial Methodist Church" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Brett, Jennifer (March 21, 2018). "Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers: Two women's legacies live on". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Ethel Harpst honored — Her legacy is the Methodist Murphy-Harpst Children's Center". Rome News-Tribune. July 28, 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "History". Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Forty-Fifth Annual Report for the Year 1925-1926". The Woman's Home Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church. 1926. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ a b Brackin, Ansley (June 1, 2015). "Building Bonds at Murphy-Harpst". United Methodist Women. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Ethel Harpst". Georgia Women of Achievement. 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Mercer, Holly A. (October 1998). "Guide to the Pfeiffer-Merner Family Collection". G.A. Pfeiffer Library. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Senate Resolution 1082" (PDF). Georgia State Senate. Retrieved 24 July 2019.