AAUW MinutesMarch 2014-1

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March 13, 2014
Greetings Everyone,

We had the most informative meeting last night with the program being Girls on the Run. It was good to see some members back last night after absences and for those of you who were unable to attend, you were missed and we hope you will be able to return soon.
Our Annual Brunch will be next month and I need to get some information out to you concerning it. It will be held at the Salisbury Country Club on Saturday April 12th at 9:30 am. The cost of the meal is $18.00 per person and this does include gratuity. Kyndall Moore is lining up another informative program for us. We need your reservations and payments sent to Eileen Hanson-Kelly by Monday April 7, 2014, so she can call the Country Club with our totals. This is a great opportunity to invite guests to visit and learn about AAUW, so I hope you will think about that. Our hostesses will be Dr. Catrelia Hunter and Bonnie Hodges.
Please note the email address change of Dr. Patricia Trueblood, her new email is: drt4117@gmail.com. Dr. Patricia Trueblood is now taking over our website so any information regarding Salisbury Branch AAUW can be sent to her for posting on the webpage.
I do look forward to seeing everyone in April.

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.”

Speaker | Millie Cress

Vice-President, First Bank

Trinity Oaks Special Events Room

Minutes from Millie’s talk will be up before next month’s meeting, but here are a couple Action items and Save the Dates for your calendar.

Here’s a list of all the Take Action items we talked about last night. You can click on each one of these links and follow the instructions to TAKE ACTION!

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