Martha Bibb Hardaway Redding

Martha Bibb Hardaway (Redding) was born in Columbus, Georgia. Her father, Robert Stanfield Hardaway, was a wealthy planter and president of the Mobile and Girard Railroad. Two of her uncles were governors of Alabama, another was governor of Georgia, and a fourth uncle was chancellor of Kentucky. She graduated in 1853 with honors from Wesleyan and married James Redding in 1861. Her outstanding personality, gracious dignity, and noble idealism were traits well suited to help formulate Phi Mu's ideals and traditions. She died in 1893.