Leah Willis Scrapbook, 1919 – 1923

Leah Willis of Winston Salem, North Carolina, attended the North Carolina College for Women (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) from 1919-1923. Willis was a member of the Cornelian Literary Society, the YWCA, the American National Red Cross and the Roosevelt Memorial Association. While attending the North Carolina College for Women she was on the Hockey Team her freshman year. Her sophomore year she was a “Carolinian” Reporter, a member of the French Club, and Class Secretary. She was in the House of Representatives her junior year and on the Senate her senior year. She graduated in 1923 with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics. The scrapbook includes material on the practice home and practice home baby, ephemera related to her membership in the Cornelian Society, a 1920 Red Cross pin, graduation ephemera, an invitation to a tacky clothes party, a Senior Unmusical program, a transcript of her grades, and information relating to being a town student during the 1950s.