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9 <br /> 1st Women Mayor Ruth West December 1975 <br /> 1st Women in Law <br /> Enforcement Phyllis Coates February 1981 <br /> 1st Woman in Fire Department Doris Sanders December 1981 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 CHAPEL HILL <br /> 1ST Women Board of <br /> Alderman (Town Council) Adelaide Walters 1957 <br /> Chapel Hill Public Recreation <br /> Commission (Woman of Rebecca Clark Late 1950's <br /> Color) <br /> 1st Women in Law <br /> Enforcement Dene Eller 1974 <br /> 1st Women Firefighter Caprice Mellar 1990 <br /> 1st Women Town Council Barbara Powell Appointed November 1992 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 HILLSBOROUGH <br /> 1ST Women Planning Board Marilynriddle Aril 1975 <br /> 1st Women Planning Board <br /> (Women of Color) Josephine Holman Lon <br /> 1st Women in Law <br /> Enforcement and Women of Judy Jacobs September 1978 <br /> Color <br /> 1st Women Town Council Rachel Stevens Early 1980's <br /> 5 <br /> 6 FIRST WOMEN IN EDUCATION <br /> 7 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS <br /> 8 <br /> 1ST Women Board of <br /> Education Mrs. W. D. Toy 1927-1929 <br /> 1st Special Education Teacher <br /> (and first Women of Color) Francis Hargraves 1956 <br /> 1st Women High School <br /> Principal May Marshbanks 1958-1970 <br /> 1st Women Superintendent Pamela Mayer 1981-1985 <br /> 9 <br /> 10 ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS <br /> 1ST Women High School Virgil Warren 1927 <br /> Principal-Aycock High School <br /> 1st Women Board of <br /> Education Emma Sue Loftin December 1972-l 980 <br /> 1st Women Chair Board of <br /> Education Kay singer 1988 - 1990 <br /> 11 <br />