450:'s statute governing the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, which was approved. After the passing of the proposal, Hunt renovated and redecorated the governor's library and had the screen porch made into a glass-enclosed morning room. She oversaw renovations to the institutional kitchen, added a first-floor waiting room, installed an automated lift at the front porch for handicapped guests, and restored and repaired antique furniture. Hunt also acquired new pieces for the mansion, including twelve Chippendale-style side chairs featuring needlepoint seats made by women throughout North Carolina. She located and framed photographs of all former North Carolinian first ladies who had lived in the mansion, putting them on display on a gallery wall.
343:, served as the Second Lady of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977 and twice-served as the First Lady of North Carolina, from 1977 to 1985 and again from 1993 to 2001. She is the longest serving first lady in North Carolina history and she and her husband were the first governor and first lady to serve two four-year terms in North Carolina. As first lady, she served as the Chairwoman of the advisory council for the Governor's Office of Citizen Affairs, which promoted volunteerism throughout the state, and as Chairwoman of the North Carolina Friendship Force Program, a chapter of
475:. Returning to life as a private citizen, Hunt continued to work with the Friendship Force and led a student exchange to Russia. She also served on the board of directors and the executive committee for Friendship Force International. In 1986 she was elected to the Wilson County Public School Board and served in that capacity until 1990.
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September 9, 1995 at the mansion, Hunt designed the outfits for the bridal attendants. Hunt established the Bailey-Tucker House, a historic mansion near downtown Raleigh, as the state's official guest residence. During the 400th anniversary of the settlement of
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