Mary B. (Mollie) Dawson (1853-1933) was the principal of the first public school in South Austin, which was established in 1886 on South Congress.  It today is known as Fulmore Middle School.  She had been educated at the State Normal College in Huntsville.  Miss Dawson ran private schools at 202 East 9th Street, and later at 106 West 16th Street (the Dawson Preparatory School, operated with other members of her family).  Honoring Miss Dawson’s service to education in Austin, the elementary school on South 1st Street near Terrell Hill is named Mollie Dawson Elementary.