Fanny Yarborough Bickett

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rWotD Episode 2659: Fanny Yarborough Bickett
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The random article for Wednesday, 14 August 2024 is Fanny Yarborough Bickett.
Fanny Neal Yarborough Bickett (October 11, 1870 – July 3, 1941) was an American social worker, public official, lawyer, and lobbyist. She served as the First Lady of North Carolina from 1917 to 1921, as the wife of Governor Thomas W. Bickett, and used her influence in his administration to enact social reforms and support women's suffrage. During World War I, she maintained a victory garden at the North Carolina Executive Mansion and promoted home gardens to support the war effort. Bickett was the commandant of the Southeastern District of the U. S. Training Corps and visited American troops in France as a representative of the YMCA.
After serving as first lady, Bickett served in various civic roles, including as a member of the board of governors of the North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf, as the Head of the Infant and Maternal Welfare Bureau of the North Carolina State Department of Health, and as the Superintendent of Public Welfare for Wake County. In 1929, she was appointed by Governor O. Max Gardner as the first woman president of the North Carolina Railroad. In her later life, she earned a law degree from Wake Forest University and passed the state bar.
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