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Virginia Dare
Virginia Dare becomes the first English child born in the New World. -
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Womens Suffarage Rights
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Elizabeth Timothy
Elizabeth became the first woman in America to edit a newspaper. The newspaper was called, "South Carolina Gazette". -
Catherin Ann Deveruex
Born in Halifax County. She was a member of a wealthy antebellum elite. She kept a journal through the Civil War that was published in 1979. -
Mary Jane Patterson
The first African American woman in the United States to receive a B.A. degree was born in Raliegh. -
Tabitha Ann Holton
Passes North Carolina state bar to become the first licensed female lawyer in the south. The Susan B. Anthony Amendment, to grant women the vote, it was introduced in the U.S. Congress. -
The United Daughters of Confederacy
They were established in 1894. By 1901 North Carolina had 33 chapters. -
Margaret Murray Washington
She founded the National Association of Colored Women. She united Black Women's Organization. -
Ella May Wiggins
One of the most outspoken Union activists in North Carolina, she was killed during a labor dispute at the Loray Mill.