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11 <br /> (using finger painting as Ruth Faison Shaw <br /> therapy) <br /> 1st Women Licensed Attorney <br /> to Open a Private Practice in Katherine Wright 1969 <br /> Orange County Karen L. Henderson <br /> 1st Women National <br /> Democratic Committeewomen Martha McKay 1960 <br /> from Orange Count <br /> 1st Women of Color to Open a <br /> Law Office Emma Jean Levi November 1977 <br /> 1st Women Licensed Building <br /> Contractor—Cazwell Inc. Carol Ann Zinn 1978 <br /> 1 st Women Chiropractic <br /> Practice Wanda A. Neville May 1979 <br /> 1st Women Architect Office Lucy Carroll Davis 1983 <br /> 1st Woman to Win Juanita <br /> Bryant Citizenship Award for <br /> the North Carolina Federation Francis Hargraves 1987 <br /> of Women's Clubs <br /> 1st Women in Orange County <br /> to Win the Nobel Prize Gertrude Elion 1988 <br /> 1st Women and 1st Women of <br /> Color from Orange County to <br /> serve as Deputy Arnetta McPherson <br /> Commissioner of Insurance in <br /> the North Carolina <br /> Department of Insurance <br /> 1st Women NC Federation of <br /> Home Demonstration Clubs Grace Holcomb 1935 <br /> Home Agent <br /> 1st Women NC Federation <br /> Home Demonstration Club Mrs. E. C. Compton 1936 <br /> Orange County Club President <br /> 1st Women NC Home <br /> Demonstration Club, State <br /> President(Clubs desegregated Mildred"Billie"Walker 1966 <br /> under her leadership) <br /> Renamed NC Extension <br /> Homemaker's Association, <br /> INC. <br /> 1st Women of Color Orange <br /> County Planning Board Hazel Lunsford 1977 <br /> Annette Moore read the proclamation: <br />