Record #:

1613

Author(s):

Green, Elna

Abstract:

Gertrude Weil, member of a wealthy Goldsboro family, was president of North Carolina's Equal Suffrage League in 1920.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 33 Issue 2, Spring 1994, p25, il

Subject(s):

Weil, Gertrude, 1879-1971; Suffragettes--Goldsboro; Women--Suffrage

Record #:

16135

Author(s):

McGrew, Ellen Z.

Abstract:

Gertrude Weil was president of the Goldsboro chapter of the Equal Suffrage League. After ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment she remained a political and civic figure aiding the impoverished during the Great Depression and paying expenses for Jews fleeing Nazi-occupied France.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 1984, p25-27, il

Subject(s):

Weil, Gertrude, 1879-1971; Women's rights; Equal Suffrage League--Goldsboro chapter

Record #:

44549

Author(s):

Csuka, Brooke

Abstract:

One of North Carolina's most famous social activists, Weil spent her life fighting for systemic change, from leading the North Carolina Equal Suffrage League in 1920 to advocating for labor reform and civil rights. In researching Weil further, the author of this article notes an unexpected find in her papers housed in the North Carolina State Archives--letter from her Jewish family living in Europe during the Holocaust.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 64 Issue 2, Spring 2025, p28-31, il, por

Subject(s):

Holocaust letters--North Carolina--Gertrude Weil; Weil, Gertrude, 1879-1971