# Mary Ann Lipscomb

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American educator (1848–1918)

Mary Ann Lipscomb Born Mary Ann Rutherford (1848-12-23)December 23, 1848 Athens, Georgia, US Died September 13, 1918(1918-09-13) (aged 69) Athens, Georgia, US Occupation Educator Spouse Frank Adgate Lipscomb ​ ​ (m. 1869; died 1874)​ Children 3 Relatives Mildred Lewis Rutherford (sister)

**Mary Ann Rutherford Lipscomb** (1848–1918) was an American educator. She believed in childhood education, and she helped make primary education required for all children in [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)).[1]

## Biography

Mary Ann Rutherford was born in [Athens, Georgia](/source/Athens%2C_Georgia) on December 23, 1848.[2] She married Frank Adgate Lipscomb in 1869, and they had three children.[3] He died in 1874.[2]

After she was widowed, Lipscomb went to work at the [Lucy Cobb Institute](/source/Lucy_Cobb_Institute), under the direction of her sister, [Mildred Lewis Rutherford](/source/Mildred_Lewis_Rutherford); in 1895, Lipscomb took over leadership of that school.[3][4] Lipscomb founded the [Tallulah Falls School](/source/Tallulah_Falls_School) in 1909.[5]

She died at her home in Athens on September 13, 1918.[3][6]

Both Lipscomb and Rutherford have student dormitories named after them at the [University of Georgia](/source/University_of_Georgia).[7] Lipscomb was named a [Georgia Woman of Achievement](/source/Georgia_Woman_of_Achievement) in 2010.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Georgia_Women_of_Achievement_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Georgia_Women_of_Achievement_1-1) ["Lipscomb, Mary"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130713102921/http://www.georgiawomen.org/2010/10/lipscomb-mary/). *Georgia Women of Achievement*. Archived from [the original](http://www.georgiawomen.org/2010/10/lipscomb-mary/) on July 13, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lewis_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lewis_2-1) Sorley, Merrow Egerton, ed. (1979). [*Lewis of Warner Hall*](https://books.google.com/books?id=yeWgvfDpwbwC&pg=PA463). Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 463. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780806308319](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780806308319). Retrieved September 11, 2025 – via Google Books.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TelegraphObit_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TelegraphObit_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-TelegraphObit_3-2) ["Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph-deaths-and-funerals/180866009/). *[The Macon Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Macon_Daily_Telegraph)*. Athens, Georgia (published September 15, 1918). September 14, 1918. p. 20. Retrieved September 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Case_4-0)** Case, Sarah (2009). ["Mildred Lewis Rutherford (1851–1928) The redefinition of New South White Womanhood"](https://books.google.com/books?id=VqU2PsmlYpMC&q=%22Mildred+Lewis+Rutherford%22&pg=PA272). In Ann Short Chirhart & Betty Wood (ed.). *Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times*. Athens, Georgia: [University of Georgia Press](/source/University_of_Georgia_Press). pp. 272–296. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8203-3900-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8203-3900-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-TFS_Website_5-0)** ["TFS History"](http://tallulahfalls.org/wd/TFS_history). Tallulah Falls School. Retrieved August 12, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Mrs. Mary Ann Lipscomb Dies at Home in Athens on Friday"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-mary-rutherford/16810192/). *[The Atlanta Constitution](/source/The_Atlanta_Constitution)*. September 14, 1918. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-UGA_Housing_7-0)** ["University Housing, a Division of Student Affairs, The University of Georgia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181125143340/https://housing.uga.edu/site/housing_undergraduate). The University of Georgia. Archived from [the original](https://housing.uga.edu/site/housing_undergraduate) on November 25, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2017.

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