Career
After completing her degree, Ragsdale taught for several years and was eventually coaxed to North Carolina in 1911 to accept a mathematics position at Woman's College in Greensboro (now known as the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). She remained there for almost two decades and even was the department's head from 1926-1928.
In 1928, she retired from teaching in order to care for her mother's health. After the death of her mother, she built a house on the edge of the Guilford College campus, where she spent her last years gardening, working with furniture, and researching her family's genealogy.
Following Ragsdale's death, she donated her house to Guilford College. Over the years, it housed the faculty, alumni, and visitors. In 1965, it was decided that the house would be the home of the college's president until today.
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