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Sallie Southall Cotten felt that together women could achieve great things. In 1899, she organized the End of the Century Club in Greenville for women to discuss books and sponsor community service projects. In 1902, she was a force in founding the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, an organization that enabled women statewide to speak as a group for public school improvement, prison reform, and aid to the poor and elderly.
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10014
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Sallie Southall Cotton married a Confederate Army officer after the Civil War and raised a family. Most women of that period settled in to do “womanly things” after their families had grown, but Mrs. Cotton embarked on a career of public service. She felt that working together women could achieve great things. In 1902, she was a force in founding the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, an organization that enabled women statewide to speak as a group for public school improvement, prison reform, and aid to the poor and elderly.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 1 Issue 5, Sept 1943, p12-13,, por, bibl
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11751
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Mrs. Sallie Southall Cotton was one of North Carolina's greatest women. Among her accomplishments were organizing in 1899 the End of the Century Club in Greenville for women to discuss books and sponsor community service projects and being a driving force in founding the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, an organization that enabled women statewide to speak as a group for public school improvement, prison reform, and aid to the poor and elderly.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 2 Issue 12, Aug 1934, p7, 22, por
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