Join us when author Marion Deerhake discusses her new book Jane Pratt: North Carolina’s First Congresswoman!  
Jane Pratt: North Carolina’s First Congresswoman
On May 25th, 1946, after 22 years as a congressional secretary, Jane Pratt was elected as North Carolina’s first congresswoman. The press reported with great interest how “Miss Jane” won by a landslide with only a $100 campaign budget.  She hit the ground running, voting to the pass the Atomic Energy Act, working tirelessly to mitigate a century of flood disasters in western North Carolina, and serving the constituents she knew so well.

Deerhake used Joyner Library's NC Collections to do much of her research on Pratt.