Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.)

The Lucy Cobb Institute, a secondary school for young women in Athens, was founded in 1859 by Thomas R.R. Cobb, a prominent lawyer and proslavery writer. Between 1880 and 1928 Cobb's niece Mildred Lewis Rutherford, a Lucy Cobb graduate, taught at the school. She served as principal for twenty-two of those years... Despite its success, the institute struggled to maintain high enrollment and keep its bills paid. The school faced acute financial difficulties in the 1920s, mostly because of the agricultural depression that hurt the entire state. After Rutherford's death in 1928, the school struggled on for a few more years, finally closing in 1931.-- "Lucy Cobb Institute." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/

From the description of Lucy Cobb Institute grade books, 1904-1910. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 316577560

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