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Primary Discipline

Primary Discipline: 

  • Old HierarchyHistoryUnited States
Secondary Discipline

Secondary Discipline: 

  • Old HierarchyHistoryEnvironmental

Biography: 

Freda is a practicing historian whose primary research centers on the rarely studied area of West Virginia history.
In that capacity, she has revealed a state so consumed by the robber baron philosophies that it took the Second World War to pull it out of third world poverty and abuse by the homosocial network that nearly destroyed the state.
Using modern epidemiological methods, she has also proposed a viable theory into the cause of a malady called Sandy Valley Fever that eluded researchers for over a century showing that the reports of Sandy Valley Fever likely juxtaposed the symptoms of tuberculosis with those of snake root poisoning.  Although this can never be proven entirely, she has shown this to be far more likely than an isolated malady that was never seen anywhere else in the region. 
Her current research is centered on the progeny of Dutch settlers from the New Amsterdam region in the 17th century that helped settle the backcountry region of West Virginia starting before the French and Indian War.  Those who research the Dutch in this country have agreed this is a previously unknown avenue of research and are excited to assist her in adding this to their data when she completes her work.
She also teaches U.S. History and Political Science to college students locally in order to bring quality programming to underserved populations in her home state.
When she’s not working, she enjoys writing fiction, gardening with historic vegetables indigenous to Appalachia, and playing the clarinet and saxophone.  She also collects vintage fountain pens.

Recent scholarly activity: 

My current research area is tracking the influence of the progeny of descendants of the original Dutch settlers of 17th century New Amsterdam into the backcountry of colonial Virginia (now West Virginia) and their influences there starting before the French and Indian War.

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