United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Case, Sarah H.2004-08-24Encyclopedia article about the Lucy Cobb Institute, a secondary school for young women in Athens, Georgia. The school 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. Rutherford's work in women's clubs, most significantly the United Daughters of the Confederacy, made her one of the best-known women in Georgia of her day. Her national reputation as a historian of the Civil War (1861-65) and the Old South brought the school widespread recognition and respect.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Single-sex schools--Georgia--AthensSchools--Georgia--AthensLucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.)Lucy Cobb InstituteText