Julia Tutwiler | |
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Born | Julia Strudwick Tutwiler August 15, 1841 |
Died | March 24, 1916 | (aged 74)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Educator, prison reform advocate |
Family | Martha Strudwick Young (niece) |
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (August 15, 1841 – March 24, 1916) was an advocate for education and prison reform in Alabama. 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.[1]