Lula Verlinda Martin McIver was born in Salem, North Carolina, on June 8, 1864, to Dr. Samuel Martin, a dentist, and Verlinda Miller Martin, who had graduated with honors from Edgeworth Seminary in Greensboro. She graduated from Salem Academy in 1881. She worked in a number of public schools in North Carolina,… Continue reading…
Margaret Catherine Moore of Baltimore, Maryland, attended the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in physical education and biology in 1935. While in school, Margaret was a member of the Adelphian Literary Society, the Athletic Association Cabinet, College Chorus, Playlikers, and… Continue reading…
Annie Petty grew up in a Quaker family in the Bush Hill community, which is now part of Archdale, NC. Both she and her sister Mary received an early education at the New Garden Boarding School (although Annie graduated in 1894 after the school had already changed its name to… Continue reading…
Originally from Starkville, Mississippi, Melville Fort graduated with honors from Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, considered the first public women’s college in the United States. She then acquired additional training in New York. Hired as a professor and head of the art department at the State Normal and Industrial School, Fort… Continue reading…
Born in Greensboro on April 19, 1871, William C. Smith was the son of Samuel Cunningham Smith and Margaret Ella Cunningham Smith. His father actually served as the City of Greensboro’s first superintendent of schools. Smith graduated with Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from UNC Chapel Hill in 1896,… Continue reading…
Born in May 1861, Edwin Alderman attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where his friendship with fellow students like Charles Duncan McIver, James Y. Joyner, and M.C.S. Noble encouraged his belief in educational reform in North Carolina. Graduating in 1882, he became the superintendent of schools in Goldsboro, NC. … Continue reading…
In 1978, Lynne Agee began her collegiate career at Roanoke College, accepting the head coaching position for the women’s basketball program. In three years at Roanoke, the team achieved a 46-23 record that included an outstanding effort in the 1980-81 season. The Lady Maroons went 21-6, won the Virginia Association… Continue reading…
Elizabeth “Lizzie” McIver enrolled at the State Normal and Industrial School at its opening in October 1892. She was the younger sister of the school’s founding president Charles Duncan McIver. In fact, one of the drivers that led McIver to advocate for State Normal was the lack of reasonably priced… Continue reading…
Dixie Lee Bryant, a charter member of the State Normal faculty and head of the science department, arrived at State Normal with an impressive academic background. Born in 1862 in Louisville, Kentucky, her family moved to Columbia, Tennessee, in 1886, and Bryant enrolled in the Columbia Female Institute. But she… Continue reading…
Dr. Patricia Ann Sullivan (née Nagengast) was born in Staten Island, New York in 1939. In 1961 she graduated from the Notre Dame College of St. John’s University in New York. After graduate school, she taught at Wells College in New York and Texas Woman’s University. In 1981, she began… Continue reading…
