Betty Jamerson Reed

Betty Jamerson Reed (born 1937) is a researcher, author and retired educator in the United States. She has written about school segregation in North Carolina and educators who challenged discrimination.

Early life and education She is a native of Western North Carolina.

Career She surveyed Rosenwald Schools in southwestern North Carolina for the State Archives Department in 2002. The Brevard Rosenwald School had also been the subject of her dissertation.

In 2011, she published School Segregation in Western North Carolina, A History, 1860s-1970s. In 2012 she was honored by the American Association of State and Local History for her book. In 2019, Reed published Soldiers in Petticoats. To covers the lives and work of educators Martha Berry, Sophia Sawyer, and Emily Prudden. She also writes poetry, and her work has been included in anthologies. She lives in Transylvania County, North Carolina.

Selected bibliography

Articles "Sequoyah, the Son of a Virginian”, The Virginia Writers Journal. July 2022.

Website https://bettyjreed.com/