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Timeline
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1879
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Born on December 11 in Goldsboro, NC, to Mina (Rosenthal) and Henry Weil
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1897
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Graduates from Horace Mann High School at Columbia Teachers College in New York
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1900
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Participates in mock presidential election at Smith College, sparking her interest in the cause of woman's suffrage
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1901
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Graduates from Smith College, Northampton, MA, becoming North Carolina's first Smith alumna
Joins Goldsboro Woman's Club, later serving three terms as president
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1914
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Helps establish and becomes president of Goldsboro Equal Suffrage League
Elected First Vice President of North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs
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1916
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Begins fight for state-wide survey of women's labor conditions
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1919
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Becomes president of North Carolina Equal Suffrage League
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1920
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Founds and serves as first president of North Carolina League of Women Voters
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1924
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Elected to first of three terms as president of North Carolina Association of Jewish Women
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1926
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Begins decades of work with North Carolina Conference for Social Service
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1927
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Becomes president of Goldsboro Bureau of Social Service
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1932
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Joins North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation, serving on it and its successor organization for over 25 years
Serves as president of Temple Oheb Sholom Sisterhood, Goldsboro
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1933
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Appointed Director of Federal Public Relief Work for Goldsboro, responsible for administering local New Deal relief efforts
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c.1936
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With her mother, begins years of efforts to rescue Jewish refugees from persecution in Europe
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1957
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Receives honorary doctorate from University of North Carolina-Greensboro
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1963
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Organizes Bi-Racial Council for City of Goldsboro
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1964
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Receives Smith College Medal in its first year, "for a lifetime of service to the cultural, charitable, religious and political welfare of her state"
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1971
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Dies on May 30 at the age of 91, in same house in which she was born
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