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Civic Duty: Gay Morenus Hammerman (Class of 1947)

Constance “Gay” Morenus Hammerman was a freshman at Woman’s College of University of North Carolina (WC) in 1943, and a member of what would become the graduating class of 1947. After just one year at WC, she transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received a BA in history. Subsequently, she […]

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Margaret Rowlett: Artist, Writer, Illustrator, and Teacher

By Suzanne Helms “K is for kneel. I like to kneel down and smell the roses.” (Rowlett)  Margaret Rowlett (1897-1963), alumna of North Carolina College for Women (NCCW, now UNCG), was born in Alabama and grew up in Kannapolis, North Carolina, just northeast of Charlotte. An accomplished artist and illustrator later in life, Rowlett described […]

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