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CAPE FEAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE CLOSURE: UPDATES, RESOURCES, AND CONTEXT

Purses, Pocketbooks, and Handbags

The latest from commentator Nan Graham

By Nan Graham

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Wilmington, NC – Commentator Nan Graham still calls it a pocketbook, though most folks say purse or handbag. It is a core necessity for every woman. Chanel designed her iconic bag in February, 1955 and called it the '2.55,' for its creation date. So let's celebrate it!

Nan Graham's website is nangraham.com

Nan Graham has deep roots in Alabama and Carolina soil. She graduated from Tuscaloosa High School and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she graduated with an AB in English. She obtained her Masters degree from The Citadel in Charleston. In 1995 Nan began broadcasting her bi- weekly commentaries on WHQR Public Radio in Wilmington. She continues these bi-weekly broadcasts along with teaching at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the Honors College. She has taught for thirty-eight years...everything from first grade to graduate level university courses...(the last is far easier than first grade!).