Topics Related to Women in History

Selma Burke, Renowned for FDR Portrait on the Dime

On December 31, 1900, renowned sculptor Selma Burke was born in Mooresville.

Lindsay Warren, Congressman and Government Watchdog

Warren learns how to use an electronic signature machine in 1938.</body></html>

Mary Van Landingham, Long Remembered for Humility Quip

The title page of Van Landingham’s 1922 book.

Ava Gardner Born

On December 24, 1922, Ava Gardner was born in Grabtown, a small farming community near Smithfield in Johnston County. 

“Aunt Samantha” Bumgarner, Traditional Musician

Bumgarner at the Asheville Mountain Music Festival, circa August 1938.</body></html>

Ruth Cannon, Preservationist

Ruth Cannon

Emeline Pigott, Confederate Spy

An image of Piggot from the State Archives

Pioneer Dunker, Lady Tar Heel Charlotte Smith

Charlotte Smith while a player for UNC.</body></html>

Aviator Louise Thaden and the Ninety-Nines

Thaden and her Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing airplane.</body></html>

Women of Edenton Resolve to Forego English Tea, 1774

An engraving of the Edenton Tea Pary. Image from the N.C.</body></html>