Julia Tutwiler
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Julia Tutwiler
Kayla Tremble
CJ 270
Extra Credit Paper
Mr. Patrick Halliday
4/10/2011
Who would have ever guessed that a woman by the name of Julia Tutwiler would be responsible for one of the biggest prison reform movements in Alabama. Julia was an educator, prison reformer, writer, and an outspoken proponent of education for women. Ms. Julia found both the colleges that are now known today as the University of West Alabama and the University of Montevallo and they were heavily influenced with innovations in education for women and African Americans during segregation. The women’s prison in Wetumpka, Alabama and the (women’s only) dorm here on UA’s campus still bears the name of Julia Tutwiler. Julia wrote a poem named “Alabama” and up until this very day, this poem is recognized as our official state song. Until this very day, some people still refer to Julia Tutwiler as the “angel of the prisons” because of her great contributions and acts that changed the whole Alabama prison systems. Therefore, before we get into her biography, I just wanted to make sure that all that are reading understand her contributions and true dedications to what she loved to do. She did not just speak of a change, then left the subject alone, she spoke of a change, and saw to it that something was done. Julia Tutwiler was no ordinary woman, she was a believer, a woman with ambition, and true heart and now that I have learned so much about her, she is one of my very few, ‘idols’.
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler was born on August 15, 1841 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was the daughter of Henry and Julia Ashe Tutwiler of Greene Springs, (in what is now known as Hale County). She was the third of eleven children. Henry Tutwiler was chair of ancient languages at the University of Alabama. He later established the Greene Springs School for Boys in Hale County. Henry believed that women were intellectual equals of men and that we should be educated just as much, which is one reason why...
Kayla Tremble
CJ 270
Extra Credit Paper
Mr. Patrick Halliday
4/10/2011
Who would have ever guessed that a woman by the name of Julia Tutwiler would be responsible for one of the biggest prison reform movements in Alabama. Julia was an educator, prison reformer, writer, and an outspoken proponent of education for women. Ms. Julia found both the colleges that are now known today as the University of West Alabama and the University of Montevallo and they were heavily influenced with innovations in education for women and African Americans during segregation. The women’s prison in Wetumpka, Alabama and the (women’s only) dorm here on UA’s campus still bears the name of Julia Tutwiler. Julia wrote a poem named “Alabama” and up until this very day, this poem is recognized as our official state song. Until this very day, some people still refer to Julia Tutwiler as the “angel of the prisons” because of her great contributions and acts that changed the whole Alabama prison systems. Therefore, before we get into her biography, I just wanted to make sure that all that are reading understand her contributions and true dedications to what she loved to do. She did not just speak of a change, then left the subject alone, she spoke of a change, and saw to it that something was done. Julia Tutwiler was no ordinary woman, she was a believer, a woman with ambition, and true heart and now that I have learned so much about her, she is one of my very few, ‘idols’.
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler was born on August 15, 1841 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was the daughter of Henry and Julia Ashe Tutwiler of Greene Springs, (in what is now known as Hale County). She was the third of eleven children. Henry Tutwiler was chair of ancient languages at the University of Alabama. He later established the Greene Springs School for Boys in Hale County. Henry believed that women were intellectual equals of men and that we should be educated just as much, which is one reason why...