Round 14: Tossup 10

The Adelphean Society was established at this state’s Wesleyan Female College as the nation’s first sorority. Though serving for just one day, a politician from this state was the first woman, and the last slave owner, to serve in the Senate. At age 87, this state’s Senator Rebecca Latimer Felton took office, replacing the Populist Thomas Watson. In this state, (-5[1])Harriet Powers’s quilts were displayed at an event in which a speaker stated, “we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand.” Elise Mercur designed a Women’s Building for this state’s 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition, where Booker T. Washington gave a “Compromise” speech. (10[1])For 10 points, name this state where Spelman College was established as a women’s college in Atlanta. ■END■

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