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- Jane Wilkes led the effort to establish Charlotte's first civilian hospitals after volunteering in Confederate camp hospitals during the Civil War.
- She championed the fundraising for St. Peter's Home and Hospital in 1876, followed by the creation of Good Samaritan Hospital in 1891 for the city's black residents.
- Her dedication to improving public health care in Charlotte was honored with a statue along the Little Sugar Creek Greenway in 2010.