Women in Asheville History: Histories of Local Women Presented by UNC Asheville Alumni and Students

UNC Asheville will present Women in Asheville History: Histories of Local Women Presented by UNC Asheville Alumni and Students on Wednesday, March 17 at 6 p.m. This presentation is sponsored by the Department of History and the Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

The event is free and open to the public. However, registration is required. Register here.

The panel includes two presentations:

“‘You Have to Start a Thing:’ Early Women in North Carolina Governance.”

Catherine Amos is a local historian and UNC Asheville alumna, class of 2017. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in History with a focus on women and gender identity in early 20th-century Germany, she joined the Biltmore Company as a Historic Interpreter. Catherine has been working in the field of public history since 2014, with four years of experience as a Historic Interpreter, both at Vance Birthplace State Historic Site and the Biltmore Estate. Her background includes internship work with the Department of Historic Preservation and Collections at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, UNC Asheville’s Center for Diversity Education, and Biltmore’s Museum Services team. She plans to pursue an MA in Public History at NC State University beginning in the Fall of 2021.

Katherine Calhoun Cutshall is a proud alumnus of UNC Asheville where she earned her BA in History (2016) and a Master of Liberal Arts and Sciences (2019). Katherine began her career in local history at the Vance Birthplace State Historic Site researching the lives of enslaved people of Buncombe County, and has served on the African American Heritage Commission of Asheville and Buncombe County, as the Assistant Director of the Swannanoa Valley Museum and History Center, and as a member of the Joint Vance Monument Task Force. Since late 2019 she has served as the collections manager at the Buncombe County Special Collections Library.