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== Early life and education ==
She is a native of Western North Carolina.<ref name="poet" /> She graduated from [[Bryan College]] in [[Dayton, Tennessee]]. She taught history, English, and Spanish at East Henderson High School, Brevard High School, and Rosman High School and has also been an instructor at
== Career ==
She surveyed [[Rosenwald School]]s in southwestern North Carolina for the State Archives Department in 2002.<ref name="poet" /> Reed authored ''The Brevard Rosenwald School; Black Education and Community Building in a Southern Appalachian Town, 1920-1966'' in 2004. The book generally received praise from reviewers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Burnside |first=Jacqueline |date=2006 |title=Review of The Brevard Rosenwald School: Black Education and Community Building in a Southern Appalachian Town, 1920 - 1966 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41446712 |journal=Journal of Appalachian Studies |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=149–151 |jstor=41446712 |issn=1082-7161}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Davis |first=David L. |date=May 1, 2005 |title=The Brevard Rosenwald School: Black Education and Community Building in a Southern Appalachian Town, 1920-1966 |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=00224642&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA132774392&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |journal=Journal of Southern History |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=484–485 |doi=10.2307/27648790 |jstor=27648790 |via=go.gale.com}}</ref> The [[Rosenwald School|Brevard Rosenwald School]] had also been the subject of her dissertation.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gutman |first1=Marta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kru-Tkk3HBAC&dq=betty+jamerson+reed&pg=PA226 |title=Designing Modern Childhoods: History, Space, and the Material Culture of Children |last2=Coninck-Smith |first2=Ning De |date=January 8, 2008 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=9780813541952 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
In 2011, she published ''School Segregation in Western North Carolina, A History, 1860s-1970s.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clare |first=Rodney |date=February 2013 |title=School Segregation in Western North Carolina: A History, 1860s-1970s |journal=[[Journal of Southern History]] |volume=79 |issue=1 |pages=198}}</ref> In 2012 she was honored by the American Association of State and Local History for her book.<ref>http://download.aaslh.org/awards+material/2012+Leadership+in+History+Awards+Winners+By+State.pdf</ref> In 2019, Reed published ''Soldiers in Petticoats''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/author-interview-betty-jamerson-reed-author-of-soldiers-in-petticoats/|title=Author Interview: Betty Jamerson Reed, Author of Soldiers in Petticoats|first=Guest|last=Post|date=October 29, 2020|website=Nonfiction Authors Association}}</ref> To covers the lives and work of educators[[Martha Berry]], [[Sophia Sawyer]], and [[Emily Prudden]].
She also writes poetry,<ref name="poet">{{Cite web|url=https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/wncha-history-hour-the-brevard-rosenwald-school/|title=WNCHA History Hour: The Brevard Rosenwald School}}</ref> and her work has been included in anthologies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.virginiawritersclub.org/VWC-Blog/12987768|title=Virginia Writers Club - VWC Member/Chapter News - October 2022|website=www.virginiawritersclub.org}}</ref> She lives in [[Transylvania County, North Carolina]].<ref name="poet" />
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