Staff & Board
The people behind the work
Amelia Golcheski is the Executive Director of the Cashiers Historical Society.
She received a BA in history from Agnes Scott College, an MA in public humanities from Brown University, and is a doctoral candidate in Appalachian women's labor history at Emory University. Her research examines the role of women's care labor in shaping Appalachia following the War on Poverty. She examines how women became breadwinners by transitioning from providing unpaid care labor in the home to paid care labor in schools, clinics, and childcare facilities.
In her role as Executive Director at CHS, Amelia has overseen the publication of two books about the history of Cashiers, a Symposium on the history of tourism on Cashiers's economy, developed a program about holiday traditions in southern Appalachia, and curated an exhibit on the High Hampton Inn. Amelia is passionate about local history and making that history widely accessible to the public. When she's not reading history, Amelia loves to cook, play tennis, and chase western North Carolina's waterfalls.
amelia@cashiershistoricalsociety.org
828-743-7710 ext. 102