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Julia Anna Flisch (1861—1941) was a journalist, educator, and women's rights advocate in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She has been credited as having been the most influential person to influence women's education in Georgia by the time of her death.

Childhood
Flisch was born in Augusta, Georgia to Leonard Flisch and Pauline Heolzapfel. The family moved to Athens, Georgia, where Julia later said she was deeply impacted by the University of Georgia during her childhood.

Flisch attended the Lucy Cobb Institute for high school and immediately applied to attend the University of Georgia, but she was denied admittance because she was a woman.

Influence on education
After being denied an education that she was so passionate about, Julia began writing letters and articles to various newspapers to advocate for women's higher education.

Flisch became a teacher at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College in Milledgeville before eventually attending the University of Wisconsin to complete her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in History. When she returned to Augusta, she taught at Tubman High School. Later, the University of Georgia granted Flisch an honorary degree for denying her attendance for her gender despite her demonstration of capabilities.