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Betty Jamerson Reed (born 1937) is a researcher, author and retired educator in the United States. She wrote three books about schools and educators including Soldiers in Petticoats —Appalachian Educators— Sophia Sawyer, Emily Prudden, Martha Berry about the work of three Christian educators.[1] Her writings have also been included in anthologies.[2] She also writes poetry.[3] She lives in Transylvania County, North Carolina.[3] She has surveyed and written about Rosenwald School in western North Carolina. She wrote about.[4]
She is a native of western North Carolina.[5] 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 Blue Ridge Community College, Mars Hill College, Brevard College, and Western Carolina University.[6] She was interviewed in 2020.[7]
She surveyed Rosenwald Schools in southwestern North Carolina for the State Archives Department in 2002.[5]
Writings
- Soldiers in Petticoats ISBN: 9781973637424 WestBow Press (2019)
- School Segregation in Western North Carolina, A History, 1860s-1970s (2011)[8]
- The Brevard Rosenwald School; Black Education and Community Building in a Southern Appalachian Town, 1920-1966 (2004)[9][10]
Articles
- "Sequoyah, the Son of a Virginian” The Virginia Writers Journal (July 2022)[5]
References
- ^ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews//soldiers-in-petticoats/
- ^ https://www.virginiawritersclub.org/VWC-Blog/12987768
- ^ a b https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/wncha-history-hour-the-brevard-rosenwald-school/
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=Kru-Tkk3HBAC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA226&dq=betty+jamerson+reed&hl=en&source=gb_mobile_entity&ovdme=1
- ^ a b c https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/wncha-history-hour-the-brevard-rosenwald-school/
- ^ https://www.boldlife.com/retired-teacher-explores-the-history-of-school-segregation-in-western-north-carolina/
- ^ https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/author-interview-betty-jamerson-reed-author-of-soldiers-in-petticoats/
- ^ https://books.google.com/books/about/School_Segregation_in_Western_North_Caro.html?id=l2oFNmUlEn8C&printsec=frontcover&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_entity&hl=en&gl=US&ovdme=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA132774392&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00224642&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E7c3b053c
- ^ https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Brevard_Rosenwald_School/26OfAAAAMAAJ?hl=en