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Mecklenburg women

Bonnie Cone

Bonnie Ethel Cone (June 22, 1907 – March 8, 2003) is best known as the driving force behind the development of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Cone, the daughter of C.J. and Addie Harter Cone, was born in Lodge, South Carolina. She earned an A.B. degree from Coker College and an M.S. from Duke University.

Dorothy Counts

Dorothy Counts (b. 1942) was the daughter of a Johnson C. Smith University professor.