Doak, Frances Renfrow, 1887-1974

Frances Renfrow Doak (1887-1974), native of Nash County, N.C., studied at Littleton College (1901-1903) and graduated from Draughton's Business College in 1905. She began her career as a stenographer in 1906, and from 1909 to 1913 was clerk-stenographer for the firm of Charles B. Aycock and Robert Winston. Between 1928 and 1931 she aired the first radio program by a woman in the South and subsequently became very active in the N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, serving as state executive secretary (1941-1951). Mrs. Doak campaigned for numerous Democratic candidates, including Senator Frank P. Graham, Terry Sanford, W. Kerr Scott, and John F. Kennedy and became the Democratic Party's vice-chairwoman of the Seventh Precinct (1960). She held various government positions, including assistant to Governor Charles B. Aycock (1909-1913) and an employee of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1934-1941) and the National Youth Administration (1940-1942). She also was a practicing Quaker and very active in Quaker-related activities. Mrs. Doak was married to Charles G. "Chick" Doak, longtime baseball coach and athletic director at N.C. State University.Frances Renfrow Doak (1887-1974), native of Nash County, N.C., studied at Littleton College (1901-1903) and graduated from Draughton's Business College in 1905. She began her career as a stenographer in 1906, and from 1909 to 1913 was clerk-stenographer for the firm of Charles B. Aycock and Robert Winston. Between 1928 and 1931 she aired the first radio program by a woman in the South and subsequently became very active in the N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, serving as state executive secretary (1941-1951). Mrs. Doak campaigned for numerous Democratic candidates, including Senator Frank P. Graham, Terry Sanford, W. Kerr Scott, and John F. Kennedy and became the Democratic Party's vice-chairwoman of the Seventh Precinct (1960). She held various government positions, including assistant to Governor Charles B. Aycock (1909-1913) and an employee of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1934-1941) and the National Youth Administration (1940-1942). She also was a practicing Quaker and very active in Quaker-related activities. Mrs. Doak was married to Charles G. "Chick" Doak, longtime baseball coach and athletic director at N.C. State University.