North Carolina Women

“Richly annotated, copiously illustrated and painstakingly researched, this volume seeks to fill in all the gaps caused by partial and incomplete histories of North Carolina’s women. . . . A valuable reference work for American and women’s history.” — Kliatt

“A comprehensive, richly textured survey that integrates women into North Carolina’s history from the pre-colonial era to the end of World War II. . . . A useful reference for historians yet accessible to a general audience as well.” — Journal of Southern History

“[A] stupendous addition to the literature of the state.” — Fayetteville Observer Times

“Authoritative. . . . The elegant, outsized volume is an inviting, lavishly illustrated narrative that fills in the glaring gaps that marred the standard histories. . . . A marvelously organized, superbly readable portrayal of what women were doing while explorers were exploring, soldiers were soldiering, governors were governing, from those early days of Raleigh’s early colony through World War II, when women actually got into the fight themselves. . . . Its uniqueness gives it wings and its incomparable execution is sure to earn it accolades in more than one field.” — Durham Herald-Sun

“Using the women’s own voices, taken from their written words and collections of oral histories, along with the revealing, passing remarks of leading men of the day, the authors chronicle a story of change that at times shows women taking one step forward and three steps back. . . . With sometimes stunning detail, it fills in some of the holes left in other books that claim to tell how North Carolina came to be what it is.” — Raleigh News & Observer

“Stunning in scope, elegantly presented, and meticulously researched, North Carolina Women fills a huge void in our understanding of the role of women in the Tar Heel state. Not only is this essential reading for scholars, but the volume should appeal to anyone interested in North Carolina, southern, and women’s history.” — Alan D. Watson, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

“This is a book for all North Carolinians of whatever race, age or sex. Every book club in the state should undertake it as a project. It does more than add a dimension to North Carolina history: it significantly reorders the past.” — Anne Firor Scott, Duke University

“Makes clear to men as well as women the mutual benefit of knowing the whole story that generations of Tar Heels have shared. To have in schools, libraries, and homes this readable and carefully researched history is a joyful circumstance for all readers, who will realize anew how much better our shared future becomes when we learn from the shared past.” — Doris Betts, from the Foreword