Mary Ann Lipscomb Explained

Mary Ann Rutherford Lipscomb (1848–1918) was an educator born in Athens, Georgia. Lipscomb believed in childhood education, and she helped make primary education required for all children in Georgia.^[1]

After she was widowed, Lipscomb went to work at the Lucy Cobb Institute, under the direction of her sister, Mildred Lewis Rutherford; in 1895, Lipscomb took over leadership of that school.^[2] Lipscomb founded the Tallulah Falls School in 1909.^[3]

Both Lipscomb and Rutherford have student dormitories named after them at the University of Georgia.^[4] Lipscomb was named a Georgia Woman of Achievement in 2010.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lipscomb, Mary. Georgia Women of Achievement. 12 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130713102921/http://www.georgiawomen.org/2010/10/lipscomb-mary/. 13 July 2013.
2. Book: Case, Sarah. Ann Short Chirhart & Betty Wood. Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times. https://books.google.com/books?id=VqU2PsmlYpMC&q=%22Mildred+Lewis+Rutherford%22&pg=PA272. 2009. University of Georgia Press. Athens, Georgia. 978-0-8203-3900-9. 272–296. Mildred Lewis Rutherford (1851–1928) The redefinition of New South White Womanhood.
3. Web site: TFS History. Tallulah Falls School. Tallulah Falls School. 12 August 2013.
4. Web site: University Housing, a Division of Student Affairs, The University of Georgia. The University of Georgia . 15 April 2017.