Challenge readers know about Women's Rights in Chapel Hill, including Pat Carstensen in Durham who knew the answer to last week's Challenge: "What is the connection between feminist leader Miriam Slifkin and UNC-Chapel Hill?"

As Carstensen replied, "Miriam Slifkin founded and was president of the Chapel Hill chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW). She also helped found the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. She received a Ph.D. in Botany from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1968 and worked in that field for some time before dedicating herself to women's rights activism. She also worked to make the Morehead Scholarships at the University of North Carolina coeducational."

There is a fascinating oral history of Slifkin at docsouth.unc.edu which is UNC's site for "Documenting the American South." In it, Slifkin "addresses her work both with the Rape Crisis Center (RCC) and the National Organization for Women (NOW). She especially emphasizes tensions between NOW and the RCC. Because of growing anti-feminism in the mid-1970s, she explains that the RCC disassociated itself from NOW. She also addresses tensions among women who were concerned about rape -- some identified themselves as feminists, whereas others did not."

The oral history also includes "efforts to reform existing rape laws in North Carolina during the mid-1970s; differences and similarities between national NOW and the North Carolina state chapters; differences between the work of NOW and that of other civil liberties organizations, such as the ACLU; Slifkin's perceptions of class and race in relation to women's activism; the establishment and purposes of women's studies curriculum; and Slifkin's thoughts on education and activism in the mid-1990s."

A pair of tickets to the Lumina Theaters is on the way to Carstensen.

Now it's time to reveal next week's Challenge. Here's how it works. Every week we'll pose a trivia question that has something to do with our community or North Carolina. The question might be about something that happened 20 years ago or someone who made the news just yesterday.

If you think you know the answer, send an e-mail to chquiz@aol.com, or mail it on a postcard to Chapel Hill Challenge, The Chapel Hill Herald, 106 Mallette St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516. You also can send us a fax at (919) 918-1055. Make sure you include your name, address and phone number. Answers must be received by Thursday of the same week. Employees of the Durham Herald Co. are not eligible for the Challenge.

Each week there will be a drawing from all the correct answers. The winner will receive a pair of movie passes donated by the Lumina Theater in Southern Village. (Note: Passes may not be valid for certain shows.)

Ready to give it a try? Then go find your flip flops while pondering the following: "On December 14th, 1903, who wins a coin toss on the Outer Banks that will propel him into the history books?"

Good luck!