Topics Related to Women's History

Women’s Education in North Carolina Began at Salem

On May 16, 1804, Salem Academy opened the doors of its new dormitory, South Hall, to students and officially transitioned from a day school to a boarding school.

Juliana Busbee and Jugtown

On May 10, 1876, Julia Adeline Royster was born in Raleigh.

Medical Pioneer Susan Dimock Casualty at Sea, 1875

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Evelyn Whitlow, Army Nurse

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Bayard Wootten, Esteemed Photographer, of Chapel Hill and New Bern

On April 6, 1959, pioneering photographer Bayard Wootten died in New Bern.

WAC’s Colonel Westray Battle Boyce—A Proud North Carolinian

On February 8, 1944, Westray Battle Boyce was promoted to lieutenant colonel and received the Legion of Merit.  Few North Carolina men, and no Tar Heel women, had a more distinguished service record in World War II than Colonel 

“Brother Exum” Takes Her Seat, 1921

On January 5, 1921, Lillian Exum Clement took her seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives, becoming the first woman in the South to hold legislative office.