Jessie Andrews (American academic)
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She was born in 1867 to mother Margaret L. Miller Andrews and father Jesse Andrews, and was one of five children.{{Cite web |last=Berry |first=Margaret C. |date=1952 |title=Andrews, Jessie (1867–1919) |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/andrews-jessie#:~:text=Andrews,%20Jessie%20(1867%E2%80%931919).&text=Jessie%20graduated%20from%20Austin%20High,She%20majored%20in%20German. |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}} Her father moved to Texas for his health in 1873, and her mother brought her and the other children in 1874. Her father died in 1875, when she was eight. Andrews graduated from [[Stephen F. Austin High School (Austin, Texas)|Austin High School]] in 1883, winning the Peabody Award for outstanding graduate. She graduated from UT Austin as a B.Litt. with a German major in 1886, and received a special award for being the first female graduate. Among her congratulations was a telegram from the acting president of the University of Virginia, which was read from the podium.{{Cite news |date=24 June 1886 |title=Commencement Exercises. Millett's Packed from Pit to Dome. Conferring Degrees and Awarding Diplomas to Fortunate Students. |work=The Austin Weekly Statesman |pages=7}} She earned honors in mathematics, German, French and history, and became a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in 1904, as soon as a chapter was established at the university. |
She was born in 1867 to mother Margaret L. Miller Andrews and father Jesse Andrews, and was one of five children.{{Cite web |last=Berry |first=Margaret C. |date=1952 |title=Andrews, Jessie (1867–1919) |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/andrews-jessie#:~:text=Andrews,%20Jessie%20(1867%E2%80%931919).&text=Jessie%20graduated%20from%20Austin%20High,She%20majored%20in%20German. |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}} Her father moved to Texas for his health in 1873, and her mother brought her and the other children in 1874. Her father died in 1875, when she was eight. Andrews graduated from [[Stephen F. Austin High School (Austin, Texas)|Austin High School]] in 1883, winning the Peabody Award for outstanding graduate. She graduated from UT Austin as a B.Litt. with a German major in 1886, and received a special award for being the first female graduate. Among her congratulations was a telegram from the acting president of the University of Virginia, which was read from the podium.{{Cite news |date=24 June 1886 |title=Commencement Exercises. Millett's Packed from Pit to Dome. Conferring Degrees and Awarding Diplomas to Fortunate Students. |work=The Austin Weekly Statesman |pages=7}} She earned honors in mathematics, German, French and history, and became a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in 1904, as soon as a chapter was established at the university. |
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She taught for one year at Mrs. Hood's Seminary for Young Ladies in Austin from 1886–1887, and then in 1888 joined the UT Austin faculty. She traveled over 2,200 miles roundtrip by train during each of nine summers to earn her master's degree in German and French from the [[University of Chicago]], graduating in 1906.{{Cite web |title=Mueller's Upcoming Park Names Honor Local Legends {{!}} Mueller Austin |url=https://muelleraustin.com/muellers-upcoming-park-names-honor-local-legends/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=muelleraustin.com}}{{Cite book |last=Winegarten |first=Ruthe |url=https://archive.org/details/findersguidetote0000ruth/mode/2up?q=%22rough+rider+rhymes%22 |title=Finder's Guide to the Texas Women: A Celebration of History Exhibit Archives |date=1984 |publisher=Texas |
She taught for one year at Mrs. Hood's Seminary for Young Ladies in Austin from 1886–1887, and then in 1888 joined the UT Austin faculty. She traveled over 2,200 miles roundtrip by train during each of nine summers to earn her master's degree in German and French from the [[University of Chicago]], graduating in 1906.{{Cite web |title=Mueller's Upcoming Park Names Honor Local Legends {{!}} Mueller Austin |url=https://muelleraustin.com/muellers-upcoming-park-names-honor-local-legends/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=muelleraustin.com}}{{Cite book |last=Winegarten |first=Ruthe |url=https://archive.org/details/findersguidetote0000ruth/mode/2up?q=%22rough+rider+rhymes%22 |title=Finder's Guide to the Texas Women: A Celebration of History Exhibit Archives |date=1984 |publisher=Texas Women's University Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-99965-652-4-3 |location=Denton, Texas |pages=7}} |
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She became the first woman member of the UT Austin alumni association, [[Texas Exes]].{{Cite news |last=Partheymuller |first=Peter |date=1 September 2001 |title=Written in Limestone |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-c0DAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22jessie+andrews%22+%22the+university+of+texas+at+austin%22&pg=PA34 |work=The Alcade |pages=34}} She was active in the Arts League, the Y.W.C.A., and a group of university women that later became the Austin branch of the [[American Association of University Women]]. She taught Sunday School in a local Presbyterian Church. |
She became the first woman member of the UT Austin alumni association, [[Texas Exes]].{{Cite news |last=Partheymuller |first=Peter |date=1 September 2001 |title=Written in Limestone |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-c0DAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22jessie+andrews%22+%22the+university+of+texas+at+austin%22&pg=PA34 |work=The Alcade |pages=34}} She was active in the Arts League, the Y.W.C.A., and a group of university women that later became the Austin branch of the [[American Association of University Women]]. She taught Sunday School in a local Presbyterian Church. |
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