Teacher and abolitionist who assisted fleeing slaves on the Underground Railroad while living in Fremont County, Iowa. Taught school to Pawnee children in Pennsylvania and Nebraska.
Carter was a 1936 graduate of the School of Nursing at the State University of Iowa who was active in Democratic politics and whose correspondence includes round robin letters.
The Marion Federation of Women's Clubs was an umbrella organization that met monthly at the Marion Public Library, allowing individual women's clubs to work together on community service projects.