Cotten, Sallie Southall (1846–1929)
Cotten, Sallie Southall (1846–1929)
American club woman. Born Sallie Sims Southall, June 13, 1846, in Brunswick Co., Virginia; died May 4, 1929, in Winchester, Massachusetts; dau. of Thomas James Southall and Susannah Swepson (Sims) Southall; m. Robert Randolph Cotten, Mar 14, 1866 (died Aug 1928); children: 9.
Leader in woman's club movement in North Carolina, served as community leader in Pitt County; appointed a "lady manager" of Chicago World's Fair (1893); helped organize North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs (1902) and served as head until 1913.
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