Sallie Southall Cotten papers, 1857-1929

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Sallie Southall Cotten papers, 1857-1929

Sallie Southall Cotten papers, 1857-1929

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Sallie 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 theNational Congress of Mothers, through which she worked to advance the legal andeducational status of women. She also published articles and poetry, most notably (1901), a verse history of the LostColony. The White Doe The collection consists primarily of letters from SallieSouthall Cotten to her son, Bruce Cotten, concerning family news, current events,and women's issues, including her work in various women's organizations and herlobbying activities in the North Carolina legislature. Also inlcuded is genealogicalinformation on the Sims, Dromgoole, Walton, and Southall families; Sallie SouthallCotten's scrapbooks, 1885-1928, containing clippings, poems, pictures, and othermemorabilia relating to her work with women's organizations, and to the World'sColumbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893; four notebooks of reminiscences, 1913-1916,and a copy of . The White Doe

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection