Anita Stewart Brown
A descendant of early settlers in Mecklenburg County, Brown was one of the first “Lady Agents” to join Eastern Air Lines during World War II. A devoted companion of Golden’s from the late 1950s until his death, Brown made a generous gift that enabled the establishment of The Harry Golden Visiting Scholar Fund to support access to Golden’s papers in the Atkins Library Special Collections. The fund has recently been renewed and revised to subsidize travel for scholars to conduct research with any of Atkins Library’s special collections on topics inspired by Golden’s life and work: civil rights (defined broadly as the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality), labor, journalism, or the Jewish community.
