First Sunday Lecture - Sarah Freeman Clarke: Cobb County's Renaissance Woman

Thank you, Dr. Marchione, for the great lecture yesterday about Sarah Freeman Clarke, the  Renaissance Woman of Cobb County. And thanks go to all the attendees for coming out and joining us!

Sarah Freeman Clarke; Cobb County's Renaissance Woman
Sunday, June 5, 2022
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room

This lecture provided an account of the fascinating life and career of the painter, illustrator, author, New England transcendentalist, and world traveler who, Sarah Freeman Clarke. In 1893, in the latter years of her eventful life, after retiring to Marietta, Ms Clarke founded that city's Clarke Library, the first purpose-built public library established in this area, and the cradle of the Cobb County Library system.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.