Mildred Lewis Rutherford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mildred Lewis Rutherford

educator, author, historian general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1851

Place of Birth: Athens, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1928

Profession: teacher, historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mildred Lewis "Miss Millie" Rutherford (July 16, 1851 – August 15, 1928) was a prominent educator and author from Athens, Georgia.
She served the Lucy Cobb Institute, as its head and in other capacities, for over forty years, and oversaw the addition of the Seney-Stovall Chapel to the school.
Heavily involved in many organizations, she became the historian general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), and a speech given for the UDC was the first by a woman to be recorded in the Congressional Record.
She was a prolific non-fiction writer.
Also known for her oratory, Rutherford was distinctive in dressing as a southern belle for her speeches.
She held strong pro-Confederacy, proslavery views and opposed women's suffrage.