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Elsie P. Pickett of Chapel Hill was born December 25th, 1936 in rural Robeson County, North Carolina. She spent her early life attending school in Lumberton, North Carolina, where she worked for the city's recreation department. Upon graduation from Lumberton High School she immediately enrolled at the Women's College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Initially majoring in an interdisciplinary recreation program, Pickett graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology in three years. Pickett then enrolled in the master's program of recreation at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. In 1959, before finishing her graduate thesis, she accepted an officer's commission with the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC). Pickett underwent officer [...] Read more
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