1. Julia Strudwick Tutwiler was an advocate for education and prison reform in Alabama.
15 Facts About Julia Tutwiler
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Julia Tutwiler served as co-principal of the Livingston Female Academy, and then the first woman president of Livingston Normal College.
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Julia Tutwiler was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971.
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Julia Tutwiler was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Julia Tutwiler and educator Henry Tutwiler on August 15,1841.
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Julia Tutwiler grew up in the nearby community of Havana, Alabama where her father established Greene Springs School, a college-preparatory school, when she was almost six.
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Henry Julia Tutwiler was an early advocate of education for girls and so his daughters and some neighboring girls attended classes with boys at Greene Springs School.
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Julia Tutwiler then went on to study at a boarding school in Philadelphia for two years before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 necessitated she return to Alabama.
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Julia Tutwiler began attending Vassar College, in January 1866, during its inaugural year, but did not return in the fall.
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Julia Tutwiler furthered her education in Germany, France and at Washington and Lee University.
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Julia Tutwiler served with her uncle as co-president of Livingston State Normal School.
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Julia Tutwiler was the first female president of the college.
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Julia Tutwiler was called the "mother of co-education in Alabama".
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Julia Tutwiler was a key figure in the creation of the Alabama Girls' Industrial School, in October 1896.
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Julia Tutwiler was known as a poet and wrote the lyrics for "Alabama", the state song, which was officially adopted in 1931.
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When Judson College in Marion, Alabama, established the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1970, Julia Tutwiler was among the first group of inductees.