Sallie Walker Stockard (October 4, 1869 – August 6, 1963) was a professor of history and an author. She was the first woman to receive a degree from the

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the Public university, public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referre ...

. She was born in Saxapahaw in

Alamance County, North Carolina Alamance County (), from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved September 18, 2012. is a County (United States), county in North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ...

. She was the eldest of John Williamson Stockard and Margaret Ann Albright Stockard's six children. Her graduate thesis was a history of

Alamance County Alamance County (), from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved September 18, 2012. is a county in North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 171,415. Its county sea ...

. She graduated from

Guilford College Guilford College is a private liberal arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Guilford has both traditional students and students who attend its Center for ...

and

. She married Perry Green Magness. They had a son and daughter. The couple separated and she generally used her maiden name. Carole Watterson Troxler's book about Stockard was published in 2021.

Writings

*''History of Alamance County'' *''The Lily of the Valley'', a five act dramatization of the

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*''History of Guilford County'' (1902) *''The History of Lawrence, Jackson, Independence, and Stone Counties of the Third Judicial District of Arkansas'' (1904) *''Daughter of the Piedmont: Chapel Hill’s First Co-Ed Graduate'', unpublished

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker Stockard, Sallie 1869 births 1963 deaths American historians University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni