Jane Pratt Papers, 1946
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Pratt, Eliza Jane, 1902-1981
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Eliza Jane Pratt (1902-1981) was a newspaper editor, congressional staff assistant, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first woman to represent North Carolina in Congress. Born in Morven, North Carolina, March 5, 1902, she attended Queens College and Kings Business College in Charlotte, N.C. and Temple Secretarial School in Washington, D.C. Following school, she became the editor of the Montgomerian, a Troy, N.C. newspaper, before working as a congressional aide to sev...
