Participant Info
- First Name
- Alison
- Last Name
- Herring
- Country
- United States
- State
- VA Virginia
- amherring2@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Independent
- Website URL
- www.alisonherring.com
- Keywords
- American Civil War, Women, Civilians, Enslaved Communities, Voter Suppression, Election Fraud, Virginia, Leesburg, Winchester, Loudoun County, Powhatan County, Brunswick County, Hanover County, Richmond
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am researching the experiences of women and enslaved communities in Virginia before and during the American Civil War as recorded in the Powell Family Papers, which are held at the Special Collections Research Center of Swem Library at William & Mary. My geographical focus is on Loudoun County, Leesburg, Winchester, Powhatan County, Brunswick County, Hanover County, Louisa County, Nelson County, and Richmond.
I have also researched the voter suppression and election fraud that occurred in Richmond in 1890, which occurred simultaneously with with the unveiling of the Lee Monument.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Link to a newspaper article about a 2019 presentation: https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/speaker-lends-sound-to-unheard-voices-from-civil-war/article_888dd59a-3a7
- Social Media
- @HistoryHerring
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century
- Expertise by Topic
- American Civil War, Local & Regional, Public History, Slavery, Women
