Charles Duncan McIver

Charles Duncan McIver

Charles Duncan McIver

Associated Building(s): McIver Residence Hall;

Other Relationships: First President of the State Normal and Industrial School for Girls

Birthplace: Lee County, North Carolina

Lifespan: 1860-09-07/1906-09-17

Race: White

Sex: Male

Relationship(s) to University: Alumni, Trustee

Era(s): Gilded Age, Reconstruction, World War I

Involvement(s): Progressivism, Women's Rights

Narrative: http://unchistory.web.unc.edu/building-narratives/mciver-residence-hall/

More info: http://ncpedia.org/biography/mciver-charles-duncan

Latitude/Longitude: 35.477592, -79.179156

Dr. Charles Duncan McIver spent his life advocating for women’s higher education. He founded North Carolina’s first college created specifiically for women in Greensboro, and was dedicated a female dormitory for his efforts at UNC-Carolina in 1939.

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