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Mildred Lewis Rutherford (July 16, 1851 – August 15, 1928) was a prominent white supremacist speaker 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.
- August 15, 1928 (aged 77)
- July 16, 1851, Athens, Georgia, United States
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Oct 28, 2017 · Her name was Mildred Lewis Rutherford, the historian of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). Ms. Rutherford a southern belle born in 1851 in Athens, Georgia, was the daughter of a ...
May 20, 2005 · Mildred Lewis Rutherford is best known for her Confederate memorial activities and for her books on the South. She wrote twenty-nine widely read books and pamphlets, including The South in History and Literature (1907); What the South May Claim; or, Where the South Leads (1916); King Cotton: The True History of Cotton and the Cotton Gin (1922 ...
Mildred Lewis Rutherford. Internet Archive. Title Orator and Author. Date of Birth - Death July 16, 1851 - August 15, 1928. Mildred Lewis Rutherford was born into a wealthy family in Athens, Georgia, on July 16, 1851. From an early age, she was shaped by pro-Southern and Confederate forces. Her family consisted of Georgia’s slave-owning elite.
Mildred Lewis Rutherford taught at the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens from 1880 to 1928, serving as principal of the school for twenty-two of those years. A prominent member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and an advocate for the "Lost Cause" interpretation of the Civil War, Rutherford also published a number of books on southern history.
Sep 14, 2022 · One of its most vocal advocates was Mildred “Millie” Lewis Rutherford of Athens, Georgia. She served as historian of the United Daughters of the Confederacy from 1911 to 1916. Rutherford gained notoriety for her fiery defense of the South against those who she perceived to be intentionally misrepresenting its culture and history.
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Aug 7, 2012 · DePalma, Cari A., "Writing Her Way Back to the Old South: History, Memory, and Mildred Lewis." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2012. Mildred Lewis Rutherford, as one of the most prominent members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, has been scantly researched in the past, however her speeches and writing had a profound impact on ...
