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A Quaker GirlMBS. HELEN ROBERTSON WOHL, candidate for State Treasurer, is the first Democratic woman in North Carolina to file for a state office.Mrs. Whol was bom in her fathers' farm in Deep River Township in Guilford County, here her Quaker ancestors settled in 1772. She attended the . rural public schools and was graduated from Guilford College in 1923.Subsequently she taught in the Gaston County schools at High Point College. Later she obtained her A. M. degree at Teachers* College of Columbia University. In 1926 she was married to Stanley S. Wohl, a prominent World War veteran, and they have two children, Mrs. Wohl is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker Church).On October 14, 1935, Mrs. Wohl announced for the House of Representatives from Guilford County. She conducted an active personal and speaking campaign for six months and made public her views on every public and local issue.
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Elizabeth City Independent
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, US
Fri, May 15, 1936
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