Background
Shoemaker, Rebecca Shepherd was born on May 10, 1947 in Franklin, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Charles Crawford and Mildred Maggie (Shuler) Shepherd.
Shoemaker, Rebecca Shepherd was born on May 10, 1947 in Franklin, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Charles Crawford and Mildred Maggie (Shuler) Shepherd.
Bachelor, Berea College, 1969; Master of Arts, Indiana U., 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1976.
Instructor, U. North Carolina, Wilmington, 1973-1974; assistant professor, Illinois State University, Normal, 1974-1977; research historian, Indiana General Assembly, Indianapolis, 1977-1979; assistant professor, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1979-1982; associate professor, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1972-1992; professor, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, since 1992.
Chair, editorial board Vigo County History Society, Terre Haute, 1980-1988. Member Indiana History Society, Organisation American Historians, Indiana Association Historians.
Married Carl Dahmer Cunningham, December 20, 1972 (divorced March 1980). Married Raymond Leroy Shoemaker, February 14, 1981.