Mildred Lewis Rutherford

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Mildred Lewis Rutherford (16 July 1851 - 15 August 1928) was born in Athens, Georgia into a wealthy patrician family with deep roots in American history. Prior to the War Between the States, her father, Williams Rutherford, and her maternal uncles, Howell Cobb and Thomas R. Cobb, were among the State's slave-owning elite. Rutherford attended the Lucy Cobb Institute, a finishing school for girls in Athens, and after graduating in 1868, she taught history and literature in Atlanta. In 1880 she returned to Athens and became the principal of the Lucy Cobb Institute.

A tireless advocate of Southern history, Rutherford served as the president of the Georgia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy from 1899 to 1902, and as Historian-General of the national organization from 1911 to 1916. She also served as a vice president of the Stone Mountain monument project. She authored numerous books, including Truths of History.