The Charlotte Ruth Nelson Patterson Papers consist of a bound scrapbook of newspaper clippings from 1927 and 1928, mainly dealing with Charlotte Nelson's dual graduation from North Carolina State College and Meredith College; letters written to her father, Dean Thomas Nelson of the North Carolina State College School of Textiles; and ...
MoreThe Charlotte Ruth Nelson Patterson Papers consist of a bound scrapbook of newspaper clippings from 1927 and 1928, mainly dealing with Charlotte Nelson's dual graduation from North Carolina State College and Meredith College; letters written to her father, Dean Thomas Nelson of the North Carolina State College School of Textiles; and two undated photographs, one of Charlotte Nelson as a young woman and one of Charlotte Nelson Patterson after her marriage. After petitoning the faculty council in the fall of 1926, Charlotte Ruth Nelson became one of the first female graduates of North Carolina State College (1927). She also earned a degree from the all-female Meredith College the same year. By doing so, she became the first student in North Carolina to earn degrees from two colleges at the same time. Both degrees were in mathematics. She taught school for 35 years. Other female students receiving degrees in 1927 were Jane S. McKimmon and Mary E. Yarbrough.
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