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Anne Batten oral history interview, 1993 July 26
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Creator
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Batten, Anne, 1914-2006
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Date Created
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1993-07-26
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Subjects--Topical
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City and town life, High school teaching, History--Study and teaching, History--Societies, etc., School integration
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Description
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Anne Batten discusses growing up in the Dilworth community in Charlotte, North Carolina, her career as a teacher, and the role she played in historic preservation in Mecklenburg County. Subjects include teaching English, French, and history in rur...
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Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 22, 1993 July 19
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Creator
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Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
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Date Created
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1993-07-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Higher, Women in mathematics, Women college administrators, Public universities and colleges, Universities and colleges--Administration, College presidents, Junior colleges
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A woman with a life-long commitment to education, Bonnie Cone discusses her many roles as teacher, college administrator, and mentor. She discusses her youth in South Carolina and the educators who influenced her in both her hometown and during he...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 3, 1996 January 20
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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1996-01-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of fifteen. Topics discussed include the remainder of her secondary education, Charlotte busing and ...
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Elisabeth G. Hair oral history interview, 1993 June 25
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Creator
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Hair, Elisabeth G. (Elisabeth Green), 1920-2014
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Date Created
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1993-06-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Women--Political activity, Women--Politics and government, Community colleges, Local government, Civil service
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Description
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Elisabeth "Liz" Hair, the first woman to be elected to the Mecklenburg County Commission, recounts her life and involvement in Charlotte-Mecklenburg's government and Democratic Party. Having grown up in a prominent political family involved w...
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Jonnie McLeod oral history interview 1, 1993 July 6
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Creator
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McLeod, Jonnie H., 1923-2011
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Date Created
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1993-07-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Pediatricians, Women physicians, Sex instruction for youth, Drug addicts--Rehabilitation, Substance abuse--Treatment, AIDS (Disease)
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Description
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In this interview, Dr. Jonnie McLeod discusses her forty-year long career as a physician and as a central figure in Charlotte's medical community. She discusses the role her gender has played in her education and career, including the sexism ...
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Marianne Lieberman oral history interview, 1993 June 29
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Creator
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Lieberman, Marianne, 1927-
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Date Created
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1993-06-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews--Identity, Artists, Women artists, Clothing trade, Art, Mexican, Lithography, Painting, Feminism, Abortion--Law and legislation
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Description
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Marianne Lieberman recounts her childhood in German-occupied Austria as the daughter of a Jewish father and Catholic mother. She describes how her loss of identity under those conditions caused her to question authority and to seek ways to express...
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Sara Wyche Higgins oral history interview, 1993 June 7
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Creator
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Higgins, Sara Wyche, 1920-2010
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Date Created
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1993-06-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Piano music, Music--Instruction and study, Piano music--Instruction and study, Music appreciation
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Sara Wyche Higgins discusses her almost forty years as a piano teacher in Mint Hill and Charlotte, North Carolina. After moving to Mint Hill in the late 1940s, Mrs. Higgins soon began playing accompaniment at Bain School (now Bain Elementary Schoo...
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Sister Mary Michel Boulus oral history interview, 1993 June 28
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Creator
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Boulus, Mary Michel, Sister, 1926-2012
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Date Created
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1993-06-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Catholics--Education, Catholic schools, Catholic universities and colleges, Nuns as teachers, School integration, Basketball
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Sister Mary Michel Boulus recounts her life and her forty-five year career in Catholic education and administration. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Sister Boulus grew up in Concord and describes the challenges the Catholic community faced th...
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Thereasea Delerine Elder oral history interview 1, 1993 June 25
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Creator
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Elder, Thereasea D. Clark (Thereasea Delerine Clark), 1927-2021
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Date Created
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1993-06-25
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Subjects--Topical
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African American nurses, Public health nursing, Health attitudes, Health and race, Discrimination in medical care, Teenage pregnancy, Children--Health and hygiene, Pollution--Health aspects, Voluntarism
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Thereasea Elder recounts her life and career as a public health nurse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before going into public health, Mrs. Elder was a nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, the region's only hospital for African Americans. She disc...