Biography:

Historian; professor of history.  Born– Montgomery, Ala., 1934.  Parents–Robert N. and Dixie G. Woolfolk.  Married– Peyton N. Wiggins, November 25, 1967  (died 1974). Children– One. Education– Huntingdon College, B.A., 1956; Louisiana State University, M.A., 1958, Ph.D., 1965. Taught at South Seminary Junior College 1959-1961; University of Alabama, 1961-. Editor Alabama Review, 1976-. Member– Alabama State Capitol Preservation Commission, American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians. Awarded emerita status on her retirement from the University.

Source:

Director of American Scholars; Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.

Publication(s):

Love and Duty:  Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and their Family. University of Alabama Press, 2005.

The Scalawag in American Politics, 1865-1881. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1977.

Editor;

The Journals of Josiah Gorgas, 1857-1878.

The Journals of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827-1835.  University of Alabama, 2014.

Compiler:

From Civil War to Civil Rights, Alabama, 1860-1960. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1986.