Sue Ramsey Johnston FergusonSue 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 lifeFerguson 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. CareerShe 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 lifeIn 1934, she married Raymond S. Ferguson. She died in 1977. References
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