Notable NC Women

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  1. 4. American actress and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers.
  2. 5. Oscar winner soap staractress and military brat born in Fayetteville, who is not less.
  3. 6. First only woman to have served as mayor of Fayetteville, 1975-1981.
  4. 9. Former U.S. Senator and former Secretary of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan; wife to former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (Salisbury)
  5. 10. Youngest City Council Member in town
  6. 15. Flack Grammy winning songstress kills us all softly with her amazing music that got its soulful roots from the Blue Ridge Mountains, and her birthplace, Black Mountain.
  7. 16. American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004. (High Point)
  8. 17. Anchor & reporter for Fox News; co-host of Fox & Friends (Charlotte)
  9. 18. Former collegiate basketball player and current assistant coach for the University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team.
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  1. 1. Gospel music singer, songwriter and recording artist whose career has spanned over six decades.
  2. 2. Actress best known for the role of Sylvia Costas Sipowicz in the ABC drama series NYPD Blue. The role garnered her three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. (Charlotte Raleigh)
  3. 3. Lawyer, journalist, writer, television personality, fashion designer, and women's and diversity advocate. She is most well known as one of the original hosts of the ABC weekday morning talk show The View
  4. 7. Wife of President James Madison (Guilford County)
  5. 8. Country singer-songwriter, who is best known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s. These include "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" and "Funny Face,"
  6. 11. SingerPianistActivists from Tryon, NC sings the blues
  7. 12. Former basketball player for UNC-Chapel Hill and Olympic runner, winner of three gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Chapel Hill)
  8. 13. Poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, producer, director, and professor at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem)
  9. 14. Former soccer player for UNC-Chapel Hill, two-time Olympic gold medalist,