Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Thomas Dixon and Amanda McAfee, received her medical degree from Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary. She was a professor of physiology and physician for Meredith College. A beloved member of Meredith College the 1919 yearbook was dedicated to her after the influenza outbreak of 1918.
he was also a founding member and the first president of both the Raleigh Women's Club and the North Carolina State Federation of Women's Clubs.
She was an avid supporter of the suffrage movement, and for the development of young girls. In 1917, a bill passed to establish the State Home and Industrial School of Girls and Women, otherwise known as Samarkand Manor, which she ran upon its opening. During her time as the President of the Federation of Women's Clubs in North Carolina, she acknowledged the relationship between suffrage and clubs, raising the awareness of this movement within the organization.
She married Norwood Giles Carroll, a dentist, in the Meredith College Chapel on Sep 26,1900. Tragically, Elizabeth died as a result of injuries she received in an automobile accident.
Her accomplished siblings include Amzi Clarence Dixon and Thomas Dixon.
Additionally her sister Addie May Dixon Thacker was the author of several books.
From FAG Contributor: Judith Parker-Proctor (46583208) •
he was also a founding member and the first president of both the Raleigh Women's Club and the North Carolina State Federation of Women's Clubs.
She was an avid supporter of the suffrage movement, and for the development of young girls. In 1917, a bill passed to establish the State Home and Industrial School of Girls and Women, otherwise known as Samarkand Manor, which she ran upon its opening. During her time as the President of the Federation of Women's Clubs in North Carolina, she acknowledged the relationship between suffrage and clubs, raising the awareness of this movement within the organization.
She married Norwood Giles Carroll, a dentist, in the Meredith College Chapel on Sep 26,1900. Tragically, Elizabeth died as a result of injuries she received in an automobile accident.
Her accomplished siblings include Amzi Clarence Dixon and Thomas Dixon.
Additionally her sister Addie May Dixon Thacker was the author of several books.
From FAG Contributor: Judith Parker-Proctor (46583208) •
Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Thomas Dixon and Amanda McAfee, received her medical degree from Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary. She was a professor of physiology and physician for Meredith College. A beloved member of Meredith College the 1919 yearbook was dedicated to her after the influenza outbreak of 1918.
he was also a founding member and the first president of both the Raleigh Women's Club and the North Carolina State Federation of Women's Clubs.
She was an avid supporter of the suffrage movement, and for the development of young girls. In 1917, a bill passed to establish the State Home and Industrial School of Girls and Women, otherwise known as Samarkand Manor, which she ran upon its opening. During her time as the President of the Federation of Women's Clubs in North Carolina, she acknowledged the relationship between suffrage and clubs, raising the awareness of this movement within the organization.
She married Norwood Giles Carroll, a dentist, in the Meredith College Chapel on Sep 26,1900. Tragically, Elizabeth died as a result of injuries she received in an automobile accident.
Her accomplished siblings include Amzi Clarence Dixon and Thomas Dixon.
Additionally her sister Addie May Dixon Thacker was the author of several books.
From FAG Contributor: Judith Parker-Proctor (46583208) •
he was also a founding member and the first president of both the Raleigh Women's Club and the North Carolina State Federation of Women's Clubs.
She was an avid supporter of the suffrage movement, and for the development of young girls. In 1917, a bill passed to establish the State Home and Industrial School of Girls and Women, otherwise known as Samarkand Manor, which she ran upon its opening. During her time as the President of the Federation of Women's Clubs in North Carolina, she acknowledged the relationship between suffrage and clubs, raising the awareness of this movement within the organization.
She married Norwood Giles Carroll, a dentist, in the Meredith College Chapel on Sep 26,1900. Tragically, Elizabeth died as a result of injuries she received in an automobile accident.
Her accomplished siblings include Amzi Clarence Dixon and Thomas Dixon.
Additionally her sister Addie May Dixon Thacker was the author of several books.
From FAG Contributor: Judith Parker-Proctor (46583208) •
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