Dorothy Ann "Dottie" Martin is an American educator and real estate broker who, as the wife of Governor James G Martin, served as the First Lady of North Carolina from 1985 to 1993.
20 Facts About Dottie Martin
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Dottie Martin served as the chairwoman of the North Carolina Commission on Child Victimization and the North Carolina Commission on the Family.
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Dottie Martin was born on January 21,1937, in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Benson Wood McAulay and Dorothy Louise Gill McAulay.
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Dottie Martin grew up in North Carolina and in South Carolina.
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Dottie Martin attended Queens College and the University of South Carolina with plans of becoming a director of Christian education in the Presbyterian Church.
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Dottie Martin worked in the Industrial Relations Department at Princeton University while her husband was studying for his doctorate there.
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Dottie Martin later worked as a real-estate broker for seven years.
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Dottie Martin encouraged the establishment of resource stations in twenty-one localities throughout North Carolina where parents could have their children fingerprinted.
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Dottie Martin received a national award for her efforts with Parent to Parent.
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Dottie Martin was an avid supporter of substance abuse prevention and an active member of the Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Among Children and Youth.
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Dottie Martin's husband appointed her to head the Commission on Child Victimization and the Commission on the Family.
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Dottie Martin contacted the North Carolina Department of Transportation inquiring if wildflower beds could be cultivating along the state highways, after seeing a similar project in Texas.
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Dottie Martin made restorations and improvements to the North Carolina Executive Mansion during her time as first lady.
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Dottie Martin started public tours of the gardens and created an informative brochure about the grounds.
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In 1988, Dottie Martin helped establish the Executive Mansion Fund, a non-profit that raised more than two million dollars for restoration efforts.
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In 1991, the Executive Mansion's centennial year, Dottie Martin encouraged the production of a historical video and book on the mansion, and established the curator's office.
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Dottie Martin requested that the portrait of former first lady Jeanelle C Moore, who established the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, be hung in the Ladies Parlour.
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Dottie Martin received two grants totalling $11,500 from the Janivre Foundation of Asheville and the Blumenthal Foundation of Charlotte to by art, crafts, and furnishings for the western residence.
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Dottie Martin had the original kitchen and breakfast room combined to make a larger, more modern kitchen.
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Dottie Martin has served on the board of trustees of Queens University of Charlotte, on the board of the Thurston Arthritis Center, and on the advisory board of the Family Center for Abused and Neglected Children.