Mary Dorothy Lyndon

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Mary Dorothy Lyndon
Born	1877 Newnan, Georgia, U.S.
Died	April 5, 1924 (aged 46–47) Washington, Georgia, U.S.
Nationality	American

Academic background
Alma mater	Wesleyan College Columbia University University of Georgia
Academic work
Institutions	University of Georgia

Mary Dorothy Lyndon (1877 – April 5, 1924) was the first female graduate from the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia.

Early life and education

Lyndon was born in 1877 in Newnan, Georgia. She graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia in 1896 as its first Dramatic Arts degree holder. She continued her education in Dramatic Arts and History at Columbia University in New York City before beginning her studies at the University of Georgia during Summer school sessions.

UGA education, academic career

After earning sufficient credit, Lyndon received a Master of Arts degree on June 17, 1914 – four years before women were admitted to UGA as regular students. Upon her graduation, Lyndon taught English at Athens High School.

When women were finally admitted as full students during the 1919–1920 school year, Mary Lyndon was nominated by UGA Chancellor David C. Barrow and then elected by the University Board of Trustees to the positions of Associate Professor of Education and Dean of Women.^[1]

Lyndon taught classes in the Peabody School of Education, directed the Thalian Dramatic Club, helped organize the University chapter of the Phi Mu Sorority (the first sorority at UGA), and founded the Pioneer Club.^[2]^[3]

Community service

Lyndon was active in the Athens community as the recording secretary for the Athens YMCA, secretary of the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter, writer for the Athens Banner-Herald, and Sunday school teacher at the First Methodist Church of Athens.

Death and legacy

On April 5, 1924, Lyndon died from pneumonia in Washington, Georgia.^[4] In 1936 Mary Lyndon Hall, initially a female residence hall on UGA's south campus, was named in her honor. She is one of two 2019 inductees to the Georgia Women of Achievement hall of fame.^[5]

References

^ "Woman Associate Professor in the University Faculty". The Atlanta Constitution. August 10, 1919. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Athens, GA". The Atlanta Constitution. May 12, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved March 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Of Interest to Tampa People". The Tampa Times. March 14, 1922. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Woman Educator Dies". Evening Star. Washington, Georgia. April 6, 1924. p. 20. Retrieved March 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2019 Induction Ceremony". Georgia Women of Achievement. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

External links

Mary Dorothy Lyndon at Find a Grave

Georgia Women of Achievement

1990s

1992	Martha Berry Lucy Craft Laney Juliette Gordon Low Flannery O'Connor
1993	Dicksie Bradley Bandy Mary Musgrove Cassandra Pickett Durham Viola Ross Napier Ma Rainey
1994	Julia Flisch Carson McCullers Margaret Mitchell Ruth Hartley Mosley Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman
1995	Selena Sloan Butler Anna Colquitt Hunter Hazel Jane Raines
1996	Susan Cobb Milton Atkinson Nellie Peters Black Ellen Craft Corra Harris Lugenia Burns Hope
1997	Rebecca Latimer Felton Mary Ann Harris Gay Nancy Hart Lucy Barrow McIntire
1998	Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Julia Collier Harris Rhoda Kaufman Carrie Steele Logan
1999	Moina Michael Lillian Smith

2000s

2000	Sallie Ellis Davis Laura Askew Haygood Ellen Axson Wilson
2001	Julia L. Coleman Catherine Evans Whitener
2002	Wessie Gertrude Connell Lula Dobbs McEachern Alice Harrell Strickland
2003	Madeleine Kiker Anthony Helena Maud Brown Cobb Julia Lester Dillon Leila Ross Wilburn
2004	Mathilda Beasley Louise Frederick Hays Helen Dortch Longstreet Sarah McLendon Murphy Emily Barnelia Woodward
2005	Alice Woodby McKane Nina Anderson Pape Jeannette Rankin
2006	Eliza Frances Andrews Grace Towns Hamilton Sarah Porter Hillhouse
2007	Margaret O. Bynum Edith Lenora Foster Helen Douglas Mankin Sara Branham Matthews
2008	Elfrida De Renne Barrow Amilee Chastain Graves Susan Dowdell Myrick
2009	Caroline Pafford Miller Jane Hurt Yarn Harriet Powers

2010s

2010	Mary Ann Lipscomb Celestine Sibley Madrid Williams
2011	Lillian Gordy Carter Mary Francis Hill Coley May duBignon Stiles Howard
2012	Sarah Randolph Bailey Beulah Rucker Oliver Ethel Harpst
2013	Lollie Belle Wylie Mary Gregory Jewett Henrietta Stanley Dull
2014	Rebecca Stiles Taylor Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas Bazoline Estelle Usher
2015	Allie Carroll Hart Frances Freeborn Pauley Nell Kendall Hodgson Woodruff
2016	Sarah Harper Heard Ellamae Ellis League Katie Hall Underwood
2017	Carolyn Mackenzie Carter Clermont Huger Lee Lucile Nix
2018	Ludie Clay Andrews Susie Baker King Taylor Mamie George S. Williams
2019	Leila Denmark Mary Dorothy Lyndon

2020s

2020	Clarice Cross Bagwell Katharine DuPre Lumpkin Juanita Marsh Jean Elizabeth Geiger Wright
2021	Ruby M. Anderson Mary G. Bryan Laura Pope Forester Allie Murray Smith
2022	Lizzie Lurline Collier Josephine Fields Sanders Hedy West Josephine Wilkins
2023	Phyllis Jenkins Barrow Alice Coachman Luck Flanders Gambrell Dorothy Rogers Tilly
2024	Beatrice Hirsch Haas Adella Hunt Logan Valerie Murphey Elizabeth "Bessie" Tift

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