On December 31, 1900, renowned sculptor Selma Burke was born in Mooresville.
Women's History
On December 24, 1922, Ava Gardner was born in Grabtown, a small farming community near Smithfield in Johnston County. Gardner moved around North Carolina
On December 4, 1994, Charlotte Smith, then a member of the UNC Tar Heels women’s basketball team, became the second collegiate women’s player ever to dunk.
On November 23, 1881, “Aunt Abby” House, died.
On November 22, 1790, Elizabeth Maxwell Steele, a legendary patriot during the American Revolution, died at her home in Salisbury.
On November 18, 1915, the Confederate Women’s Home opened in Fayetteville. Mrs. Hunter G.
On October 25, 1774, women in Edenton resolved to stop buying English tea and cloth to protest taxation without representation. The event became known as t
On October 4, 1986, Graham native Rachel Oliver-Cobbin became the first North Carolinian to be crowned Miss Black America.
On September 26, 1911, Forsyth County native Adelaide Fries was appointed Archivist of the Southern Province of the Moravian Church.
