AAUW SALISBURY BRANCH
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Trinity Oaks Retirement Center
MINUTES

MEMBERS PRESENT: Kyndall Moore, Dixie Scott, Kathy Tabor, Kelly Snipes, Edith Alcorn, Billie Simmons, Nancy Bilson, Eileens Hanson-Kelly, Harriet Murphy, Ruby Walker, Erma Scarlette, Elaine Stiller, Kathy Pulliam, Holly Czuba, Greg Alcorn, Linda Heeg-Krause.

GUESTS PRESENT: Jean Bilson, Pat Murtaugh, Ed Hanson-Kelly, Jessica Moscardine

WELCOME: Brunetta Franklin, President, welcomed everyone to the meeting, introduced the guests and offered opening remarks.

SPEAKER: Gary Freeze, Catawba College, Professor of History
TOPIC: Salisbury Women in the Civil War and The Bread Riot

Gary Freeze was introduced by Holly Czuba, Progam Chair, and he spoke to the group on various roles of the women of Rowan County in the Civil War and factors affecting women during that period. Prominent factors discussed included the following:

• The impact of the extreme centralization of the Confederate government and its mandate for taxation in kind.
• The differences between soldier volunteers in 1861 and 1862 in terms of motivation to fight.
• Differences between those who volunteered/joined and those who deserted.
• Negative impact of the draft in 1862 on the women who remained behind.
• The Bread Riot- was triggered first by a reduction in while taxation remained the same, and second by the practice of merchants to create shortages of products while raising prices at the same time. Information reportedly suggests there were 39 widows identified by the county court in 1860 as in need of assistance. Letters from the period also suggest an attorney may have been retained to represent the women of the riot.
• Eileen Hanson-Kelly asked about the practice of saving letters and Dr. Freeze discussed the mail system during the War years. He ended by sharing information regarding slave ownership by Rowan County residents (45%) and legislators (80%) , and discussed the economic factors related to the Klan.

“The Republicans of today were Confederates with money.”

BUSINESS:

Minutes: Minutes of the September 13, 2012, meeting were presented by Kathy Pulliam. One correction to the minutes was made, that Kyndall Moore and not Holly Czuba, had given the Education/LAF report. Harriet Murphy made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected. This motion received a second by Kathy Tabor and it was passed unanimously.

Finance: Eileen Hanson-Kelly, Treasurer, presented the current financial report, a copy of which is attached to the minutes. A motion was made and seconded to accept the financial report as presented. Motion passed unanimously.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Programs: Holly Czuba reminded members of the November program, Hostile Hallways-Bullying, Teasing and Sexual Harassment in School. This meeting will be held on November 8, 2012, at 6:30 PM at the RCCCV North Campus, 1330 Jake Alexander Blvd., Building 200, Room 251 A and B.

Education/ LAF: Kyndall Moore identified three sexual discrimination cases in which AAUW has had an interest. Those cases were Dukes vs. Wal-Mart, Shaw vs. Panetta and Fisher vs. the University of Texas. She distributed an information sheet describing these cases and encouraged members to become familiar with each.

Public Policy: Eileen Hanson-Kelly discussed the recent participation of AAUW in assisting the Rowan Cabarrus Community College in registering students to vote. She indicated that only a few individuals were registered and she encouraged members to send out cards with voter registration information.

Executive: President Franklin discussed the program for next month and noted one correction in the Yearbook. Ruby Walker’s date of birth should be July 24 instead of October 24.

ADJOURNMENT: Meeting was adjourned at 8:00.

Respectively Submitted: Carol A. Cody PhD, Secretary
November 8, 2012