Letter from Frank Carter and H. C. Chedester to Lillian Exum Clement, November 19, 1906

Title

Letter from Frank Carter and H. C. Chedester to Lillian Exum Clement, November 19, 1906

Date

November 19 1906

Creator

["Carter, Fred.","Chedester, H. C."]

Place

["Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States"]

Local Call Number

PC.2084

Document Details

Title

Letter from Frank Carter and H. C. Chedester to Lillian Exum Clement, November 19, 1906

Date

November 19 1906

Creator

["Carter, Fred.","Chedester, H. C."]

Rights

The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.

Description

Letter from Frank Carter and H. C. Chedester to Lillian Exum Clement, November 19, 1906. Lillian Exum Clement Stafford, noted attorney and legislator, was born March 12, 1886 at North Fork Swannanoa River, Buncombe County, near Black Mountain, the sixth child of George Washington and Sara Elizabeth Burnett Clement. Stafford began practicing law in 1917, becoming a capable criminal lawyer in Asheville. In 1920, Stafford was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly by a landslide, becoming North Carolina's first female legislator. She served one term in 1921 and introduced, seventeen bills. After her marriage to Elias Eller Stafford in 1921, Stafford was appointed director of the state hospital at Morganton by then Governor Cameron Morrison. She remained director until her death in 1925.

Subject

["Asheville (N.C.)","Women lawyers"]

Index Terms

Stafford, Lillian Exum Clement, 1894?-1925; Carter, Frank; Chedester, H. C.

Local Call Number

PC.2084

Place

["Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States"]

Time Period

["(1900-1929) North Carolina's industrial revolution and World War One"]

Digital Collections

["Women in North Carolina 20th Century History"]

Source Collections

["Lillian Exum Clement Stafford Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Physical Characteristics

2 pages

Format

["Letters (Correspondence)"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina"]

Identifier

PC_2804_Lillian_Exum_Papers_B1F4_Corr_Chedester_1906

Letter from Frank Carter and H. C. Chedester to Lillian Exum Clement, November 19, 1906

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