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WNC History: Moms Mabley, from Brevard to Asheville to national prominence on the stage

One of eight children, Loretta Mary Aiken, who would later adopt the stage name Jackie “Moms” Mabley, was born March 19, 1897, in Brevard.

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Lula Owl Gloyne, 1st RN and 1st World War I officer from Cherokee

Lula Owl, the first member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to become an RN, arrived in S. Dakota in 1916 for her first paid nursing position.

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Journey started in Asheville for 1st US woman to earn medical degree

Elizabeth Blackwell set out to prove that women were just as qualified as any man to study and practice medicine.

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WNC History: Integration at Black Mountain College

The college, founded in 1933 at Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, discussed the subject of race throughout its 24-year history.

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WNC History: 1948 Highland Hospital fire killed Zelda Fitzgerald

March 10, 1948, had been a fairly unremarkable day at Asheville s Highland Hospital. It was the final hour of the night that would make history.

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