Record #:

4882

Author(s):

Brennan, Dan

Abstract:

Besides running businesses and farms while their men were in service during the Civil War, woman contributed to the cause in a number of other ways. They made uniforms, socks, tents, and leather goods. They also made company flags for the men from their hometowns. As the war progressed and materials were in short supply, women had to relearn old skills such as cloth weaving.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 40 Issue 1, Fall 2000, p13-14, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women; Women in war

Record #:

5956

Author(s):

Stewart, Al

Abstract:

The Jackson Library at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro houses the Women Veterans Historical Collection. It is the only collection of its kind nationally and \"celebrates the considerable contribution women veterans have made in all branches of military service.\"

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 71 Issue 4, Sept 2003, p24-25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Women in war

Record #:

9209

Author(s):

Turner, Walter R.

Abstract:

In 1929, Greensboro native Mary Webb Nicholson became the first licensed female pilot in North Carolina. She learned to fly at Raven Rock Flying School in Portsmouth, Ohio. Nicholson flew with the British Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II and was killed in 1943, when the engine on her plane failed. Too low to the ground to parachute, she died trying to land the plane.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 55 Issue 3, July 2007, p109-115, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Women in war

Record #:

9370

Author(s):

Pearce, T. H.

Abstract:

Malinda Blalock, under the pseudonym “Sam Blalock,” joined the Twenty Sixth North Carolina Regiment of the Confederate army commanded by Zebulon B. Vance in order to be near her husband, L. M., or Keith. Both eventually left the Confederates and served as Yankee spies for a Michigan Regiment.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 6, Nov 1974, p21-22, 28, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Women in war; Women spies

Record #:

10013

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

This is the first in a series of articles about women who have played dramatic and interesting roles in the history of North Carolina. The author describes an incident in the Revolutionary War when Gen. Nathanial Greene, weary, despondent, and lacking money for his troops, arrives at the Salisbury inn of Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell Steele. Mrs. Steele, an ardent patriot, gave the general two bags of gold and silver, her entire life savings, so that he and his men could continue the fight for independence.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1943, p21, 38, il

Subject(s):

Women in war; Steele, Elizabeth Maxwell, 1733-1891; North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--Women

Record #:

10076

Author(s):

Pearce, T. H.

Abstract:

A gravestone commemorating Aunt Abby House was erected deep in the woods of Franklin County where a crude wooden marker once stood. The inscription reads: “Aunt Abby House, Angel of Mercy to the Confederate Soldiers, Died April 30, 1881.” The stone was fashioned after those placed on Confederate soldiers' graves by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 41 Issue 12, May 1974, p17, 23, por

Subject(s):

Women in war

Record #:

16157

Author(s):

Belton, Tom

Abstract:

Women were banned from the military until President Roosevelt approved the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps bill on May 15, 1942. Westray Battle Boyce, an enlistee from Rocky Mount, became the corps First Office Candidate Class at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. She served her country in Africa and tirelessly promoted the role of women in the armed forces.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 1986, p17-21, il

Subject(s):

Women in war

Record #:

16189

Author(s):

Belton, Tom

Abstract:

Women served both the loyalists and the patriots during the American Revolution. Some of the famous women on the Loyalists side were native-Scotswoman Flora McDonald and Elizabeth Cornell Bayard. Margaret Sharpe, Betsy Dowdy, Mary Slocumb, and Elizabeth Maxwell Steele served the Patriots during the Revolution.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Fall 1992, p13-17, il

Subject(s):

Women in war

Record #:

16191

Author(s):

Zuber, Richard L.

Abstract:

During World War I, North Carolinians, including women and children, supported the war effort stateside. Canning clubs were organized to preserve food. The Woodcraft Girls sold food pledge cards and the Campfire Girls volunteered to babysit the children of women who worked or volunteered in plants or at the Red Cross.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 32 Issue 2, Spring 1993, p9-13, il

Subject(s):

Women in war

Record #:

19205

Author(s):

Abernethy, Edgar

Abstract:

Women played an important part in the Revolutionary War. Abernethy recounts a few outstanding incidents, including Susan Twitty, Mary Slocumb, and Elizabeth Steele.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 31, Jan 1944, p3-4, il

Subject(s):

Women in war

Record #:

24458

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

The author presents women from North Carolina during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and how they participated in protecting their state and property. For example, some women spied on British troops for American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 59 Issue 1, June 1991, p12-13, por

Subject(s):

American Revolution; Civil War; Women--History; Women in war

Record #:

29028

Author(s):

Woods, Byron

Abstract:

Raleigh Little Theatre is presenting a series of three plays called “Women and War”. The plays are about the experiences of women on the home front, women in the field, and one woman placed by technology in both at once. Taken together, these three works are meant to challenge our ideas about where combat takes place and where it ends.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 16, May 2017, p22, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Performing arts--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area; Theater--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area; Women in war

Record #:

34545

Author(s):

Ayer, S. G.

Abstract:

Flora McDonald was a Scottish born immigrant who came to Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1774. Prior to her emigration, McDonald assisted Bonnie Prince Charlie in escaping Scotland following the Battle of Culloden. Upon arrival three decades later in North Carolina, McDonald was greeted with enthusiasm from North Carolina’s Scottish population for her help. McDonald provided further support for the Loyalists during the American Revolution. After her husband was captured, McDonald returned to Scotland.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 9 Issue 1, July 1909, p36-51 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

McDonald, Flora, 1722-1790; Women in war; North Carolina--Immigrants--Scottish

Record #:

44050

Author(s):

Fleming, Monika

Abstract:

Over 400 women in Edgecombe County served as either a member of the army or the navy during World War II. Fortunately much information about them was recorded in a locally published newsletter, "The Home Front News". Of the group, three women have particularly interesting stories; namely, Beverley Bridgers, Mary Howard and Westry Battle. Bridgers met Eleanor Roosevelt on the day before the war began. Howard set up Red Cross centers and by the end of the war , Westry had become the highest woman officer in the U.S. Army.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2024, p47-48, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Women in war; World War II--North Carolina--Women; Edgecombe County--Women--World War II