“In the early 1860s, North Carolina Chief Justice Richmond Pearson denied the divorce petition of a woman who claimed her husband had horsewhipped her. He noted in his decision: ‘The law gives the husband power to use the degree of force necessary to make the wife behave and know her place.’ ” — From “Southern […]
Posts Tagged ‘wendy jean frandsen’
Horsewhipping approved for misbehaving wives
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged aaron randall, john beck, richmond pearson, southern culture, wendy jean frandsen, women's rights on June 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Alexander clan clustered in Catawba County?
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged aaron randall, alexander family, catawba county nc, john beck, scots-irish, southern culture, wendy jean frandsen on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“It was common for Scots-Irish extended families and even large segments of clans to settle in the same region. In Catawba County, North Carolina, over 300 Alexander families were identified in the first census of the United States in 1790.” –– From “Southern Culture: An Introduction” by John Beck, Wendy Jean Frandsen and Aaron Randall […]
Who remembers Mattie Grady’s?
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged aaron randall, goldsboro nc, john beck, southern culture, warsaw nc, wendy jean frandsen on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“For many [in the ‘other South’] the past isn’t even past. In Warsaw, North Carolina, people giving directions for a back road route to Goldsboro commonly included the instruction to ‘turn left at Mattie Grady’s store.’ This store had been closed for years, and while the building was still standing, it took a close inspection […]
Hats were on their heads, not in their heads
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged aaron randall, john beck, nc federation of women's clubs, nc library commission, southern culture, wendy jean frandsen, women's hats on February 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“The Federation of Women’s Clubs of North Carolina began holding an annual state convention in the early 1900s, often meeting in county courthouses. In 1909 the convention met in the legislative chamber of the North Carolina House, and delegates heard a presentation on hookworm, voted to contribute to a scholarship for a young woman to […]
-
-
Search the Blog
Browse by Category
Recent Comments
Archives