Addie E. Dillard

Addie E. Dillard Hutto was an American educator. She was involved in several of the Pan African Congresses and was a member of Women's Clubs. She served as principal of Hutto School in Bainbridge, Georgia for 52 years.

Dillard graduated from Benedict College.^[1] On July 19, 1892, she married George Rubin Hutto and the couple had two sons together.^[2] After George Hutto died in 1922, Dillard took over as the principal of the Bainbridge Colored Grade School.^[3] After she took over, she improved the school significantly through grant funding and eventually it became Hutto School.^[3] Dillard worked for the school for 52 years, retiring in 1942.^[3]

Dillard was a delegate to the Second Pan African Congress and also served on the committee to plan the Fourth Pan African Congress in 1927.^[4][5] Dillard was also involved in the Women's Baptist Convention, serving as recording secretary.^[6] She served as treasurer for the Georgia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.^[7] In 1943, Dillard was the first woman to be honored by the Fort Valley College as a distinguished "Negro educator" in Georgia.^[8]