EVHS Presents: Dicksie Bandy's Chenille Legacy

Susan Gilmore speaks about Dicksie Orine Bradley Bandy, a key driver in the industrial transformation and economic recovery of Northwest Georgia during the Great Depression. Born in 1890 near Folsom, Georgia,  the industry she built  became a vital part of the international textile and carpet industry. After WWII, she became the official Ambassador to the Cherokee Nation and led a campaign to restore a prominent monument to the Cherokee culture in Georgia.

 

She was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame in 1993.