Cotten, Sallie Southall
Variant namesSallie Swepson Sims Southall Cotten (1846-1929) of Pitt County, N.C., was a writer and campaigner for women's issues. Cotten was a leader in both the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and the National Congress of Mothers, through which she worked to advance the legal and educational status of women. She also published articles and poetry, most notably The White Doe (1901), a verse history of the Lost Colony.
From the guide to the Sallie Southall Cotten papers, 1857-1929, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
Sallie Swepson Sims Southall Cotten (1846-1929), writer and campaigner for women's issues, of Pitt County, N.C. Cotten was a leader in both the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs and the National Congress of Mothers, through which she worked to advance the legal and educational status of women. She also published articles and poetry, most notably "The White Doe" (1901), a verse history of the Lost Colony.
From the description of Sallie Southall Cotten papers, 1857-1929. WorldCat record id: 27188766
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associatedWith | Cotten, Bruce, 1873-1954. | person |
associatedWith | Cotten family. | family |
associatedWith | Cotten family. | family |
associatedWith | Cotten, Lyman A., 1909-1990. | person |
associatedWith | Dromgoole family. | family |
associatedWith | End of Century Club (Greenville, N.C.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Fullerton, Hugh S. (Hugh Stuart), 1873-1945. | person |
associatedWith | National Congress of Mothers (U.S.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Reid, Frank Lewis, 1851-1894. | person |
associatedWith | Simms family. | family |
associatedWith | Southall family. | family |
associatedWith | Stephenson, William, 1930- | person |
associatedWith | Walton family. | family |
associatedWith | World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) | corporateBody |
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Greenville (N.C.) | |||
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Birth 1846-06-13
Death 1929-05-04
Female
Americans
English