Record #:

42837

Author(s):

Hofmann, Chelsea

Abstract:

The article features three women who have impacted the history of Washington; namely, Edna Ferber, author of the novel, Show Boat; Susan Dimock, Washington native and one of the first licensed female physicians in the country and Sarah Keys Evans, who eclipsed the famed Rosa Parks in a landmark civil rights case in 1955.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 10 Issue 2, March-April 2021, p26-29 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Washington (N.C.)--History; Dimock, Susan J., 1847-1875; Ferber, Edna, 1885-1968; Evans, Sarah Keys (Civil Rights)