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


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About Mildred Lewis Rutherford

  • 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.

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