Isabella Cannon papers, ca. 1920-1991 [manuscript].

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Isabella Cannon papers, ca. 1920-1991 [manuscript].

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Correspondence, subject files, photographs, tapes, clippings, and other material, ca. 1920-1991, documenting the life of Isabella Walton Cannon (b. 1904), mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1977-1979. Included is documentation of Cannon's activities as mayor, as well as material relating to her interests in women's rights, senior citizens, and other civic affairs, and correspondence and other items from her years as the wife of a U.S. State Department official serving in China and Liberia, 1945-1954.

About 6700 items (10.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cannon, Isabella, 1904-2002

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Isabella McLean Bett Walton Cannon (May 12, 1904 – February 13, 2002) was an American educator and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served the 32nd mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina from 1977 until 1979. She was the first woman to hold the office. Born Isabella McLean Bett Walton in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, she came to the United States with her family in 1916. After graduating from Winecoff High School in Concord, N.C., she earned a B.A. in English asnd Science from Elon ...