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Julia DeForest Tuttle (née Sturtevant; January 22, 1849 – September 14, 1898) was an American businesswoman who owned the property upon which Miami, Florida, was built. For this reason, she is called the "Mother of Miami." She is the only woman to have founded what would become a major American city.
Mar 7, 2023 · Julia DeForrest Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," is the only woman to have ever founded a major U.S. city. Mª del Rosario Castro Díaz • March 7, 2023. SHARE THE ARTICLE. March is Women’s History Month and there’s no shortage of female icons in the 305 to celebrate.
Dec 3, 2021 · Tuttle died on Sept. 14, 1898. She was 49. An obituary in The Metropolis listed the cause as a sudden violent headache, an “inflammation of the brain,” though other reports said that she had ...
Miami, FL Julia DeForest Sturtevant Tuttle , A landowner who was key to the development of Miami, Julia Tuttle was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She married in 1871, bore two children, and visited Miami for the first time in 1875.
Jul 1, 2021 · In 1898, Tuttle died of what was believed to be a case of meningitis. Today, more than 100,000 people every day are reminded of the “Mother of Miami” when they drive across the Julia Tuttle Causeway, which connects Miami and Miami Beach. Featured image : Julia DeForest Tuttle.
Nov 26, 2016 · She is credited with having prompted Henry M. Flagler to consider extending the Florida East Coast Railway to Miami. She was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 1984. Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.
Mar 8, 2022 · Julia Tuttle, The Businesswoman Who Founded Miami: 5 Things To Know | iHeart. By Zuri Anderson. March 8, 2022. Julia Tuttle was a visionary for her time. With dreams of establishing a city on the warm coast of South Florida, she made it happen by being the first, and so far only, woman to be the founder of a major American city -- Miami.
