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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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Description
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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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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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Elizabeth Randolph oral history interview 2, 1993 July 13
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Creator
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Randolph, Elizabeth S.
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Date Created
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1993-07-13
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social life and customs, African Americans--Education, Segregation in education, Manners and customs, Depressions
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Description
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In this second interview with Jennifer Greeson for the Levine Museum, Elizabeth Randolph continues to discuss the importance of education to her family and within the African American community. She recalls her experiences attending high school in...
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Gladys Lavitan oral history interview 2, 1993 July 1
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Creator
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Lavitan, Gladys, 1916-2014
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Date Created
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1993-07-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Acting, Community theater, Depressions, Radio broadcasting, Radio Talk Shows, Reform Judaism, Theater and society, Jews--Social conditions
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Description
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Gladys Lavitan recounts her life and her sixty-three year acting career in Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes growing up in Charlotte during the Depression, the city's reaction to the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor in 1941, and how the...
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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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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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Description
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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...