Julia Tutwiler

Julia Tutwiler

Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (August 15, 1841–March 24, 1916) was an advocate for education and prison reform in Alabama. Graduating in the first class of Vassar College, she served as co-principal of the Livingston Female Academy, and then the first (and only) woman president of Livingston Normal College (now the University of West Alabama). She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971.

Read more about Julia Tutwiler:  Early Life and Education, Career, Prison Reform, Alabama State Song, Honors

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