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From YouTube: BC Libraries :: Women in History
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A confluence of remarkable women. This video recognizes the achievements of prominent women of Asheville and Buncombe County who helped form our region in the distinctive community it is today.
A
Wilma
Dykeman
body
Wilma
Dykeman,
was
born
in
Asheville
in
1920,
an
attended
Biltmore
junior
college
which
later
became
UNCA
Asheville
before
earning
a
degree
at
Northwestern,
University,
author
of
16
books,
a
Guggenheim
Fellow
and
winner
of
many
literary
awards.
Her
critically
acclaimed
novels
include
the
tall
woman
and
far
Family
Shelter
wrote
nonfiction
such
as
the
French
Broad,
a
volume
in
the
rivers
of
America
series.
She
collaborated
on
several
books
with
her
husband,
James
R,
Stokely
jr..
She
is
shown
here
autographing
a
book
added
together.
We
read
program
at
pack,
library
in
2002,
Fanny
West.
A
All
unless
photo
members
of
the
library
board
show
their
gratitude,
Annie
West,
all
for
her
long
service
de
buncombe
county
libraries.
In
a
ceremony
at
the
haywood
road
branch
library
in
1953.
They
surprised
Miss
Annie,
with
an
engraved
watch,
Annie
West,
all
a
first
cousin
of
Thomas
Wolfe
led
campaigns
to
create
two
branch:
libraries,
one
on
Market
Street
and
the
other
in
west
asheville.
She
also
dispatched
but
will
be
Lynn
to
rural
Buncombe
County
and
served
as
a
chairman
of
the
library
board
for
14
years
in
this
photo
left
to
right.
A
George
Meyer
Stevens
Charles,
K,
Robinson,
Anthony,
Lord,
Annie,
west
hall
and
george
h,
right,
Edith,
dresser
Vanderbilt,
never
a
pleasure
seeking
socialite
george
vanderbilt's
wife
Edith
found
many
ways
to
involve
herself
in
the
life
of
her
community.
She
routinely
visited
cabins
in
the
most
isolated
areas
of
the
Biltmore
Estate
to
bring
food
medical
supplies
and
money
when
there
was
illness
or
death
in
the
family.
Her
assistance
was
invaluable
in
helping
the
community
recover
from
the
flood
of
1916.
A
Her
sponsorship
helps
sustain
the
craft
school
of
Charlotte,
Yale
and
Eleanor
Vance
found
it
to
preserve
and
to
teach
the
traditional
crafts
of
the
region.
The
school
grew
into
Biltmore
industries,
a
source
of
income
for
many
local
wood,
carvers
and
Weaver's.
After
her
husband's
death,
mrs.
Vanderbilt
managed
the
estate
until
her
daughter,
Cornelia's
marriage,
her
promotion
of
the
innovative
methods
of
farming
and
land
management
led
to
her
election
as
president
of
the
North
Carolina
State
Fair
Association.
She
encouraged
adult
literacy
programs
in
this
photo.
Mrs.
A
A
She
was
among
the
first
promote
a
revival
of
weaving
as
a
cottage
industry
in
the
North
Carolina
mountains
founding
Allen's
stand
cottage
industries
to
give
local
crafts
people
an
outlet
for
their
work
in
1908,
Goodrich
opened
a
sales
showroom
and
downtown
Asheville
to
take
advantage
of
the
tourist
trade
in
1931
France
Goodrich
donated
the
assets
of
Allen,
stand
to
the
newly
formed
southern
Highland
handicraft
guild.
Her
support
helped
sustain
the
fledgling
organization
allowing
it
to
profit
from
the
operation
of
a
sales
shop.
A
Gail
Godwin,
author
Gail
Godwin
was
raised
in
Asheville,
where
her
mother,
Kathleen
Cole,
was
a
teacher.
Godwin's
body
of
work
has
earned
many
honors,
including
three
National
Book
Award
nominations,
a
Guggenheim
Fellowship
national
endowment
for
the
arts,
grants
for
both
fiction
and
libretto
writing
and
the
awarded
literature
from
the
American
Academy
and
Institute
of
Arts
and
Letters.
A
Five
of
her
novels
have
been
in
the
New
York
Times
bestseller
list
in
this
1987
photo
by
Dan
millspaugh
she's,
shown
at
a
book
signing
for
her
novel,
a
southern
family
hazel
Robinson
in
1973
hazel
Robinson
founded
the
Montford
Park
players,
North
Carolina's,
longest-running
Shakespeare
Festival.
For
many
years
she
was
director
of
the
group
presiding
over
150
volunteers
each
summer
to
bring
shakespeare
and
other
classic
plays
to
the
community.
A
Performances
took
place
in
a
municipal
park
on
montford
avenue
until
nineteen
eighty-three
when
the
city
completed
a
new
theater
for
the
group
near
Riverside
Cemetery
in
1997,
the
group
celebrated
its
25th
anniversary,
with
the
performance
of
as
you
like
it
directed
by
hazel
Robinson,
the
Asheville
City
Council
and
recognition
of
Robinson's
contribution
to
the
community
renamed
the
outdoor
theater,
the
hazel
Robinson
amphitheater
in
this
photo
by
Mary
Jo
Brea's
knee
hazel
Robinson
helps
actor
Bill
Underwood
with
his
costume
Irene
Oh
Hendrick,
also
known
as
mrs.
robert
m
Hendrick
in
the
early
1950s,
mrs.
A
A
Mrs.
Hendrick
was
the
first
librarian
for
the
branch
library
and
continued
his
supervisor
there
until
the
branch
was
closed
in
nineteen
six
six
after
the
library
system,
desegregated
in
1962,
dr.
herbal
Henderson
Smathers
Herman
Smathers,
was
born
in
nineteen
ten
in
Madison
County.
She
began
medical
practice
in
Asheville
in
1934
they
continued
until
nineteen
fifty
four
when
she
became
the
city
school
and
later
County
School
position.
A
She
was
a
member
of
the
Asheville
business
and
women's
professional
club
state
president
in
1945
of
the
National
Federation
of
business
and
women's
professional
association
and
the
national
health
and
safety
committee
chairman
to
the
National
Federation
in
1949.
She
was
the
first
woman
elected
chief
of
staff
at
st.
Joseph's
Hospital.
This
photo
shows
dr.
Smathers,
seated
and
public
health
nurse,
mrs.
A
Ruth
Martin,
giving
a
child
a
physical
examination,
Julia
West,
all
wolf,
the
mother
of
Thomas
Wolfe,
was
immortalized
in
look
homeward
angel
as
Eliza
Gant,
a
shrewd
and
hard-nosed
businesswoman,
driven
to
distraction
by
the
histrionics
of
her
alcoholic
husband
in
this
1937
portrait,
Julia
and
Tom.
The
youngest
of
her
eight
children
sit
on
the
porch
of
Julia's
boarding
house.
The
old
Kentucky
home
Julia
began
her
business
in
1906
as
a
way
to
earn
extra
money
to
invest
in
real
estate.
A
As
the
Thomas
Wolfe
memorial
Julia's
boarding
house
called
Dixieland
and
wolfs
novel
has
become
one
of
literature's,
most
famous
landmarks
Lee
child's
mrs.
James
Madison
child's
Lee.
Our
coach
Isles
was
the
wife
of
Jake
child's
developer
of
the
residential
area,
known
as
Kenilworth
Park
Lee
took
over
active
management
of
the
kenilworth
development
company
after
her
husband's
death
in
1925,
she
was
elected
mayor
of
kenilworth
in
1928
and
was
prominent
in
civic
and
artistic
affairs.
Here
mrs.
child's
presents
a
crisis
to
mrs.
A
jf,
a
Cecil,
formerly
Cornelia
Vanderbilt
at
the
opening
of
the
first
annual
kenilworth
art
exhibit
held
at
the
kenilworth
in
in
1928,
left
to
right,
Cornelia,
Vanderbilt,
Cecil
Roscoe,
a
marvel
jf,
a
cecil
lee
childs
and
mrs.
Arrington
president
of
the
North
Carolina
Arts
Association
Lucy
Saunders
herring
for
more
than
50
years.
Lucy
hearings
served
pupils,
principals
and
teachers
in
the
black
elementary
schools
in
North
Carolina,
primarily
as
a
reading
specialist.
A
A
She
remained
active
in
local
affairs
after
retirement
as
an
officer
of
the
retired
teachers
association,
the
Council
on
Aging
and
the
Human
Relations
Council.
Here
she
serves
on
a
panel
for
a
1982
event
for
Black
Heritage
Week
in
Asheville,
organized
by
the
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Committee
mother,
Margaret
pots,
st.
Genevieve
of
the
pines,
a
Catholic
school
for
girls
was
established
in
1908
by
the
religious
of
Christian
education,
a
French
order
of
nuns
at
age
20.
As
a
student
at
st.
Genevieve's,
Margaret
pots
decided
to
take
her
vows
in
the
Catholic
order.
A
She
received
her
master's
degree
from
Catholic
University
in
1935
and
returned
to
st.
Genevieve's
to
teach
for
more
than
20
years.
Mother
pot
served
his
mother
superior
of
the
Academy
in
retirement.
She
began
a
history
of
the
school
st.
Genevieve's,
remembered
1908
through
1968,
was
published
in
1991.
A
This
photo
shows
seven
tons
of
st.
Genevieve's
mother
Margaret
Potts
is
on
the
far
left.
Margaret
E
Roberts,
this
portrait
of
Margaret
Roberts
at
age
25,
was
made
around
1901
from
19
12
to
19
16.
Mrs.
Roberts
was
the
beloved
teacher
of
Thomas
Wolfe
at
the
North
State
fitting
school.
She
encouraged
him
to
follow
his
dream
of
becoming
a
writer
when
his
first
book
become
word
angel.
A
story
of
the
buried
life
was
published
in
1929
wolf
said
his
former
teacher.
A
copy
signed
quote
to
Margaret
Roberts,
who
was
the
mother
of
my
spirit.
A
I
present
this
copy
of
my
first
book
with
hope
and
with
devotion,
Thomas
Wolfe,
October,
15
1929
end
quote.
Unfortunately,
it
was
many
years
before
mrs.
Roberts
could
forgive
the
books
unflattering
portrayal
of
her
husband,
John
muncie
Roberts,
dr.
Marjorie
Lord,
dr.
Marjorie
Lord
was
born
in
1891
and
began
medical
practice
1916.
She
was
appointed
health
officer
of
the
Asheville
Health
Department
in
1940.
The
first
woman
in
North
Carolina
told
this
position
after
City
and
County
Health
Department's
merged
in
1954,
she
became
assistant
director,
a
newspaper
account
of
the
1952
reported
quote.
It
was
dr..
A
Laura
d
brought
the
loosely
organized
departments
dealing
with
the
health
of
the
city
into
a
well
net
smooth
running
organization,
which
has
resulted
in
a
model
of
efficiency
and
quote
in
1955.
The
American
Medical
women's
association
named
dr.
Lord
medical
woman
of
the
air
in
this
photo
by
juanita
Wilson.
Dr.
Lourdes
is
shown
in
her
office
Marguerite
Kimberly
carter,
also
known
as
mrs.
Foster
piercy
Carter,
born
in
1903
Margaret
Carter
had
vivid
memories
of
picnicking
at
Riverside,
Park
and
also
of
the
flood
of
1916.
A
A
Taking
time
from
her
career
with
the
Bon
marché
department
store,
Mary
Parker
was
always
a
mainstay
of
the
Friends
of
the
library
organization
serving
as
president
and
supervising
numerous
library
book
sales
in
this
1990
photo
by
Deborah
Compton
Phil
Ritter,
president
of
the
North
Carolina
Public
Library
directors
association,
presents
Mary
Parker
with
the
1990
library
friend
of
the
year.
Important
Anthony
Lord
trustee
emeritus
of
a
BLS
board
stands
and
left
dr.
Mary
Francis
Shuford
in
the
early
1940s
during
a
type
of
segregation
in
Asheville,
dr.
A
Mary
Frances
shuford
letter
campaign
to
establish
a
hospital
for
Asheville's
black
citizens,
because
blacks
could
not
be
admitted
to
the
local
hospitals.
She
presided
over
minor
operations
like
tonsillectomies
in
a
little
bedroom
off
her
kitchen
with
her
black
cook,
serving
as
a
nurse.
Eventually,
she
gathered
enough
communities
to
establish
the
Asheville
colored
hospital
on
biltmore
Avenue,
where
Eugene
Ellison's
law
offices
are
now
located.
This
picture
shows
dr.
Shuford
with
mod
for
children
in
front
of
a
house.
A
She
converted
into
a
community
center
in
1967
Myra
champion
Myra,
champion
custodian
of
the
Thomas
Wolfe
collection
at
patton.
Royal
library
was
noted
for
her
efforts
and
collecting
materials
for
the
collection.
Her
book,
the
lost
world
of
Thomas
Wolfe
published
in
nineteen.
Seventy
was
a
collection
of
photographs
from
the
life
of
Thomas
Wolfe
in
this
1960
photo
mayra
champion
is
shown
packing
articles
from
the
Thomas
Wolfe
collection
to
be
sent
to
Berlin
in
Germany,
for
display
by
the
us
information
agency,
olive
Tilford,
dargon
olive
dargan
was
a
nationally
recognized
poet,
playwright
novelist
and
short
story.
A
Writer
who
used
the
pseudonym
fielding
Burke
much
of
a
writing
focused
on
women
and
working-class
issues
of
the
southern
Appalachian
region.
She
was
a
feminist
on
a
socialist,
adding
a
strong
southern
female
voice
to
the
proletarian
fiction
of
the
1930s.
She
moved
to
the
Bluebonnet
Lodge
in
west
asheville
in
1925.
A
She
is
shown
here
in
1955
at
the
opening
of
PAC
libraries,
contemporary
North
Carolina
writers
exhibition
in
this
photo
left
to
right,
head
librarian
for
gin,
lathrup,
olive
tilford
dartmouth
and
Annie
West.
All
Rosanna
Francis
Rose
check
a
native
of
Asheville
rose,
Chapman,
attended
art
school
in
London
in
the
1890s.
She
helped
establish
Asheville's,
first
public
library
in
the
Buncombe
County
Courthouse.
She
was
also
a
member
of
the
flower
mission,
the
group
of
women
that
founded
mission
hospital
for
many
years.
A
She
served
his
hostess
to
the
guests
at
the
Ross,
craig
and
n
built
by
her
brother
in
law.
Whitfield
Carmichael
on
the
side
of
Brown,
Mountain
and
art.
Local
residents
still
enjoy
the
Ross
Cregan.
Would
wildlife
sanctuary
play
out
by
Rose
Chapman?
This
photo
shows
Miss
Rose
sewing
on
the
porch
of
the
end
for
information
on
these
and
other
historical
Buncombe.
County
photos
contact
the
North,
Carolina
collection,
the
pack
memorial
library
in
downtown
Asheville.