Background
Doherty, Barbara Whitehurst was born on January 18, 1935 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Frank Joseph and Geneva Kathryn (Pease) Whitehurst.
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Barbara Whitehurst Doherty
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor in Religion magna cum laude, Duke University, 1956.
Career
Research assistant, department sociology, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1953-1956; secretary, Pelham (New York) Visiting Nurse & Family Svc., 1958-1959; administrative assistant, Mecklenburg Times, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1972-1973; bookkeeper, Carolina Waterbed Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1972-1974; manager, purchasing and inventory control, Reagents, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, 1974-1997.
Achievements
Membership
Treasurer Charlotte (North Carolina) Fair Housing, 1968-1970. Member Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Emergency School Assistance Advisory Committee, 1972. Co-chair Paul Leonard for City Council Campaign, Charlotte, 1970.
Friend of the court Swann versus Board Education, Charlotte, 1972. Volunteer Marylyn Huff for School Board, Charlotte, 1970, 74. Founder American Civil Liberties Union, Charlotte, 1980 (secretary, 1980-1982, treasurer, 1982-1984).
Volunteer Harvey Gantt for Mayor campaign, Charlotte, 1983, 85. Co-founder, treasurer Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Charlotte, 1988-1990. Board member Metrolina Community Service Project, Charlotte, 1990-1993 (treasurer, 1992-1993).
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Pi.
Interests
Connections
Married Martin William Doherty, Senior, June 23, 1956 (divorced June, 1975). Children: Martin William, Junior, Frank Whitehurst.
