Why some men feared the woman who owned Georgia’s most beautiful mansion

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Emily Inman’s Financial Mastery at Swan House

Emily Inman wasn’t born rich, but she sure knew how to handle money.

Born in 1881 to a suffrage leader, she joined her mother’s fight early on, even putting her car in Atlanta’s first suffrage parade in 1913.

After moving into the grand Swan House with husband Edward in 1928, life took a sharp turn. When Edward died just three years later, Emily took the reins of their vast estate…

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