97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.

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This week, Scott and Aaron remember a woman whose financial acumen helped save the U.S. economy not once, but twice. Also: Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, Jerrie Mock sets aviation records, Dorothy Dix becomes one of America’s first popular advice columnists, and Rodney Dangerfield finally gets respect.

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