Record #:

20912

Author(s):

Patton, James W.

Abstract:

This article examines Mrs. Catherine Ann (Devereux) Edmonston of Halifax County reading habits and personal notes on literature and periodicals recorded in her diary. Mrs. Edmonston's education and literacy were an anomaly in North Carolina as the state widely characterized for ignorance and illiteracy.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 2, April 1965, p169-179, f

Subject(s):

Edmondston, Catherine Ann (Devereux), 1823-1875