Sallie Walker Stockard (October 4, 1869 - August 6, 1963) was a professor of history and an author.[1] She was the first woman to receive a degree from the University of North Carolina.[2]
She was born in Saxapahaw in Alamance County, North Carolina. She was the eldest of John Williamson Stockard and Margaret Ann Albright Stockard's six children.[3] Her graduate thesis was a history of Alamance County. She graduated from Guilford College and University of North Carolina.
She married Perry Green Magness. They had a son and daughter. The couple separated and she generally used her maiden name.[4]
Carole Watterson Troxler's book about Stockard was published in 2021.[5]