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In celebration of the magazine’s golden anniversary was acknowledging100 events, spanning over two centuries, which affected Charlotte. Included was George Washington’s visit (1791); gold’s discovery (1799); James K. Polk’s election as president (1845); Charlotte Female Institute’s founding (1857); Charlotte becoming a music recording hub (1936-1940); NoDa arts district’s founding (1990s); the election of Pat McCrory, the first Charlotte mayor to become governor (2012); election of Vi Lyle, the first black female to become mayor (2017).
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Sugar Creek--Charlotte; Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845; Queens University of Charlotte; Civil War; Alexander, Annie Lowrie, 1864-1929; Red Shirt Movement ; The Flood of 1916--Charlotte ; Camp Greene--History; Graham, Billy; Golden, Harry, 1902-1981; Cash, W.J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1900-1941; Hawkins, Reginald, 1923-2007; Gantt, Harvey, 1943-; Latinos; NoDa; McCrory, Patrick Lloyd, 1956-
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4288
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Distressed that a woman had died because she was too embarrassed to be examined by a male doctor, Dr. J. B. Alexander and his wife decided that their daughter, Annie Lowrie, would become a physician. At medical school in Philadelphia, she excelled. In 1887, she returned home to Mecklenburg County and spent the rest of her life practicing there. Annie Lowrie Alexander was the state's first woman doctor.
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