at Tubman High School, where she taught for seventeen years. She later became the first female founding faculty member at the Junior College of Augusta and a fast favorite for students. Edward J. Cashin's book A History of Augusta College proclaims, "Her students were convinced that she had two brains: The story was handed from one class to the next as solemn fact and added a new dimension to the wonder which surrounded her." Writing career In addition to Flisch's nonfiction writing and newspaper articles, she wrote fiction. In 1886, she published her first novel, Ashes of Hope, about young girls seeking independence. Her second novel, published in 1925, Old Hurricane, received good reviews. Honors The University of Georgia gave Julia Flisch an honorary master's degree in 1889, 20 years after she was not admitted, making her the first woman to receive this honor from the university. When Flisch died in 1941, she was acclaimed as having done "more than any other person to advance the cause of women’s education in the state of Georgia." In 1994, Flisch was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement. References American women novelists Educators from Georgia (U.S. state) American women educators 1861 births 1941 deaths Writers from Athens, Georgia Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state) 19th-century American novelists 19th-century American women writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers Cooper Union alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni