Josie Nance "Nancy" White (1925-2007) graduated in 1946 from Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with a Bachelor of Arts. She received her Master of Education in 1955 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her PhD from Woman's College in 1963. White taught public school in Salisbury, North Carolina, from 1946 to 1951, and taught in the School of Education and the School of Home Economics at the college from 1951 to 1988. She received the university's Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in 1970, the Gladys Strawn Bullard Award in 1986, and the Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 1993. White discusses her childhood, parents, education, and career. She describes her experience teaching at Curry School and how she obtained her PhD. White explains how she enrolled in the Child Development-Family Relations doctoral program and became the first and only person to receive a PhD degree from Woman's College before the college became co-educational and obtained university status in 1963. She details her decision to teach at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her campus experiences. White describes how she created a program for early childhood majors and childhood development majors to broaden their scope by minoring in one or the other areas. She discusses being an advisor to the Golden Chain Honorary Society and becoming an honorary member of the society. White speaks about being an advisor to Student Government Association, the transition to co-education at the college, and the Civil Rights Movement in Greensboro. She talks about student life, Chancellor Patricia Sullivan, and faculty/student relationships. White also recalls developing a child care program for university employees and her life after retirement from teaching.