Sue Ramsey Johnston Ferguson

Sue Ramsey Johnston Ferguson (1897–1977) was a North Carolina political figure. She served in the North Carolina Senate for the 28th district from 1947 to 1949.

Early life

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Ferguson was born in 1897. She graduated from Woman's College of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in 1918. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, honorary education society. She later received a master's degree from Columbia University in New York.

Career

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She served in the North Carolina Senate for the 28th district from 1947 to 1949. While in the Senate she proposed the creation of a committee to investigate the North Carolina state school system, leading to the formation of the State Education Commission.

Ferguson served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina and as a member of the North Carolina State Board of Education.

Personal life

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In 1934, she married Raymond S. Ferguson. She died in 1977.

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