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Women Of Distinction

Alpha Kappa Alpha founder Anna Easter Brown's enduring legacy

Feb 28

First female mayor and trailblazer in Fayetteville honored

Sep 24, 2025

Former president of Saint Augustine's University dies at 80

Dr. Christine McPhail, who had battled cancer, announced her own death on social media.

Mar 4

Influential Democrat activist, former ambassador dies at Raleigh home

Feb 12, 2025

Meredith College names new president

Mar 27, 2024

Film celebrates history of Black women on corporate boards

Mar 13, 2024

Henderson woman set to become city's first female, first Black mayor

Dec 11, 2023

'Special': Raleigh's milestone moment for women in city leadership

Mar 25, 2023

Chapel Hill names first woman police chief

Nov 18, 2022

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1st Black woman serving in North Carolina legislature dies

Jan 19, 2023

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Garner to swear-in first female police chief

Dec 17, 2021

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How this Black female business owner went from rags to riches

Mar 4, 2021

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Central Jersey Club Women's Club celebrates women's history all year round

Mar 4, 2021

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Hillsborough proclaims Jan. 12, 2021, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett Day

Jan 12, 2021

Latest Stories

'It's been a very long road': She's a wife, mom, Army pilot, and an NC State veterinary school grad

An Army veteran and mother of three who served as an Apache helicopter pilot soars to new heights, graduating from the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine.

May 7, 2022

Chatham County female farmer takes growing back to her Southern roots

Chatham County farmer Clarenda Stanley she helps represent a movement of Black women who are returning to the land.

Mar 9, 2022

Classmates, coaches and friends remember Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who died Sunday at age 30

Before Cheslie Kryst made history on the Miss USA stage, she was a lawyer in Charlotte, an MBA graduate from Wake Forest University, and a track and field star at the University of South Carolina.

Feb 1, 2022

'About time': NC among nationwide rise in female top cops

Garner's Lorie Smith joins a growing list of female police chiefs across North Carolina.

Dec 21, 2021

Garner to swear-in Lorie Smith as first female police chief

Lorie Smith has served as a captain since 2017 and has been the interim Garner Police Chief since Oct. 1.

Dec 17, 2021