Wesleyan College

Historical marker location:

451 College Street, Macon, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of College Street and Georgia Avenue, on the right when traveling south on College Street.)

Marker installed: 1992

First College Chartered to Grant Degrees to Women. December 23, 1836.

In 1958, Georgia became the first state to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, although this was later overturned by the Supreme Court.