After graduating from Brooke Hall in Pennsylvania, Nellie returned to Atlanta, where she soon convinced city officials to build drinking fountains for horses who were exhausted in the summer heat, which was one of her first examples of civic activism.
After graduating from Brooke Hall in Pennsylvania, Nellie Peters returned to Atlanta. She soon convinced city officials to build drinking fountains for horses exhausted from the summer heat; it was one of her first examples of civic activism.