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L. Maren Wood

Maren Wood is a research associate with LEARN NC’s North Carolina History Digital Textbook Project. She is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having received a B.A. from the University of Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) and an M.A. in British History from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada. Her dissertation is titled Dangerous Liaisons: Narratives of Sexual Danger in the Anglo-American North, 1750 to 1820.

Resources created by L. Maren Wood

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Newspaper coverage of the first flight
In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 1.8
In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 4.6
Newspaper article about the Wright brothers' first flight in December 1903, written from an intercepted telegram sent by the brothers to their father in Ohio. Historical commentary points out the differences between the version of events that reached the public and what actually happened.
Format: newspaper/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
The North Carolina Equal Suffrage League
In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 4.5
Report of the statewide organization working to obtain voting rights for women, 1917. Includes historical commentary.
Format: letter/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
North Carolina v. Mann
In Antebellum North Carolina, page 1.3
In this 1829 court decision, Judge Thomas Ruffin established the nearly absolute power of a slaveholder over a slave. Includes historical commentary.
Format: court decision/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
North Carolinians debate secession
In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 1.4
Quotations from North Carolinians supporting and opposing secession in 1860–61. Includes historical commentary.
Format: document/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
Occupying Japan
In The Great Depression and World War II, page 9.6
Oral history interview with a North Carolina veteran of World War II who was with the first U.S. forces to go ashore in Japan after V-J Day in 1945. Includes historical commentary.
Format: interview/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
On the road with Jane Caroline North
In Antebellum North Carolina, page 5.7
In this excerpt from her diary of 1851, Jane Caroline North describes her experiences traveling from South Carolina to Virginia to the mineral springs of western Virginia. Part of her route ran through North Carolina, and although she was able to travel part of the way by railroad, her experience shows how complicated and inconvenient travel could still be in the 1850s. Includes historical commentary.
Format: diary/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.
Opposition to busing
In Postwar North Carolina, page 4.10
A 1974 interview with Jesse Helms in which Helms denounced his critics who believed that his opposition to forced busing was racist. Includes historical background.
Format: interview/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
Our Idea of Nothing at All
In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 4.7
Poem by by Alice Duer Miller attacking a U.S. Senator from North Carolina who opposed women's suffrage. Includes historical commentary.
Format: poetry/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
Perspectives on school desegregation: Fran Jackson
In Postwar North Carolina, page 4.11
In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 5.6
Interview with a woman who attended all-black schools in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the town's first integrated high school, about her experiences. Includes historical background and commentary.
Format: interview/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
A petition to free a white slave
In Antebellum North Carolina, page 1.8
Petition to the North Carolina General Assembly to free an enslaved woman named Lucy. The petitioner, Gurdon Deming, argued that Lucy was too "perfectly White" to be kept in slavery.
Format: petition/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
The police chief is killed
In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 8.7
In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 4.7
Article from the Gastonia Daily Gazette about the killing of the town's police chief during the 1929 Loray Mill strike. Includes historical background and commentary.
Format: newspaper/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
Poor Richard's Almanack
In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.12
In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 4.1
Excerpts from the alamanc published by Benjamin Franklin show what colonial Americans read and what topics interested them, including weather predictions, religion, history, astrology, and schedules of court dates. Includes both images of the original almanacs and transcriptions as well as historical commentary.
Format: magazine/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.
Preaching obedience to slaves
In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.8
John Jea was born in West Africa in 1773, enslaved at the age of two, and brought to New York. He was eventually freed and became a preacher. In this excerpt from his autobiography, written about 1811, Jea describes the way both his master and the white minister used Christianity to preach obedience to the slaves and to convince them of their worthlessness. Includes historical commentary.
Format: book/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
Prisoners of war in North Carolina
In The Great Depression and World War II, page 7.8
Oral history interview with a woman who grew up in North Carolina during World War II. German prisoners of war were held in her community and sent to work on nearby farms. Includes historical background.
Format: interview/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
The problems of flood relief
In Recent North Carolina, page 5.11
Excerpt from an oral history interview with a Duplin County couple who weathered Hurricane Floyd.
Format: interview/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
Quakers
In Colonial North Carolina, page 2.5
The Quakers — more properly known as the Society of Friends — were an important group in the politics and society of early North Carolina. This article explains their early history, beliefs, and immigration to North Carolina.
Format: article
By L. Maren Wood.
The Quakers and anti-slavery
In Antebellum North Carolina, page 1.4
In this excerpt from his memoirs, Levi Coffin describes the early abolition movement in North Carolina and the tensions among abolitionists over the best way to free slaves. Includes historical commentary.
Format: book/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
Quarantines
In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 2.6
This article, published by the North Carolina State Board of Health in 1889, instructed public officials about how to properly quarantine sick people to stop the spread of diseases. Includes historical commentary about common diseases of the time and how they were understood by doctors.
Format: article/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
The Raleigh Female Benevolent Society
In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.9
Constitution and managers' report of the Raleigh Female Benevolent Society, 1823, describing the society's efforts to educate poor children and provide work for poor women. Includes historical commentary.
Format: report/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
Regulating hog farms
In Recent North Carolina, page 4.5
Newspaper article about efforts by North Carolina legislators in 1995 to regulate large hog farms and the waste they produce. Includes historical background.
Format: article/primary source
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

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