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The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) was known as the Women's Legal Defense Fund (WLDF) until 1998. [1] Judith L. Lichtman was hired as the National Partnership's first paid staff member in 1974. [2] Lichtman became president in 1988 and served in the role for 16 years. Lichtman is currently the organization's senior advisor. [3]
Downtown North Historic District, also known as Trade Street District, is a national historic district located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA.The district encompasses 46 contributing buildings in a commercial section of Winston-Salem.
U.S. Route 311 passes through the center of town, and U.S. Route 158 passes through the southeastern part; both highways lead southwest 8 miles (13 km) to downtown Winston-Salem. US 311 continues north-northeast 22 miles (35 km) to Madison , while US 158 leads east-northeast 33 miles (53 km) to Reidsville .
Downtown Winston-Salem is 12 miles (19 km) to the south via North Carolina Highway 66 and U.S. Route 52. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town of Rural Hall has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.4 km 2 ), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km 2 ), or 0.32%, is water.
Downtown Winston-Salem is 16 miles (26 km) southeast via US 52, and Mount Airy is 21 miles (34 km) to the northwest. Pilot Mountain State Park is 8 miles (13 km) to the northwest and Hanging Rock State Park is 16 miles (26 km) to the north. It's a 40-minute drive to the Blue Ridge Mountains via the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Winston-Salem has a number of colleges and universities. Public institutions include Forsyth Technical Community College; Winston-Salem State University, a historically black university founded in 1892; [128] and University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the first public arts conservatory in the U.S. [129] [130]
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Via US 421, downtown Winston-Salem is 11 miles (18 km) to the east, and Wilkesboro is 44 miles (71 km) to the west. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 14.2 square miles (36.8 km 2), of which 14.0 square miles (36.2 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km 2), or 1.59%, is water. [7]