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Yadkin Valley History Spotlight - NC Women's History

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Welcome to the Yadkin History Spotlight, where we’ll be taking a brief look at the history of various topics, events, persons, or locations connected to the Yadkin Valley. We’ll tackle common genealogy or research requests, or cool “did you know?” moments.

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

  • https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/YD0341.pdf -- Historical Preservation Application for Davis Brothers Store in East Bend, where Rosebud has her dental office. Pages 5-17 provide historical information and description.
  • Story about knowing Rosebud while she practiced dentistry - https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/rosebud#:~:text=Rosebud%20was%20one%20of%20the,death%20on%20October%2013%2C%201980
  • Her gravestone - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89256182/rosebud-garriott
  • Related info on NC Dental Society http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?MarkerId=H-65
  • 2018 Issue of Yadkin Valley Magazine on Morse Family has fantastic photos and accompanying article on Rosebud and her family and the Davis Brothers General Store https://issuu.com/yadkinvalleyliving/docs/july-august_18_yvm_web
  • Proceedings of the NC Dental Society, Vol 68 (1942) lists Rosebud Morse Garriott on the Oral Hygiene Committee and her registered location of East Bend. http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-33/nchh-33-068.pdf
  • https://www.ncpedia.org/exploring-north-carolina-womens-history  - excellent meta-resource that organizes lots of information and resources into one place. They cover basic information, and sections on NC history such as Edenton Tea Party, suffrage, NC women’s colleges, nurses and nursing, women in military, and Women of Somerset Place.
  • www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/learning/educators/timelines/north-carolina-womens-history-time-line - excellent timeline of NC history mixed with national history so you can see the progression side-by-side
  • statelibrary.ncdcr.libguides.com/ncwomen - a brief LibGuide by the State Library of NC on women in NC. The NCPedia and NC Museum of History pages are better resources.
  • docsouth.unc.edu/highlights/women_nc.html - a brief overview of history of women in NC, which overlaps with the NCPedia and NC Museum of History resources.
  • wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Actresses_from_North_Carolina
  • www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2020/08/14/women-of-century-10-north-carolinians-who-changed-history/113360532/
  • wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Women%27s_Hall_of_Fame
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