Mary Ann Rutherford Lipscomb (1848–1918) was an educator born in Athens, Georgia. Lipscomb believed in childhood education, and she helped make primary education required for all children in Georgia.[1]
After she was widowed, Lipscomb went to work at the Lucy Cobb Institute, under the direction of her sister, Mildred Lewis Rutherford; in 1895, Lipscomb took over leadership of that school.[2] Lipscomb founded the Tallulah Falls School in 1909.[3]
Both Lipscomb and Rutherford have student dormitories named after them at the University of Georgia.[4] Lipscomb was named a Georgia Woman of Achievement in 2010.[1]