|
Showing 1 - 6 of
6 matches in All Departments
The third and final volume of essays portraying South Carolina
women in the rich context of the state's long and fascinating
history. Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the
present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of
varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of
activities and occupations in which women were engaged in a
transformative era that included depression, world wars, and
dramatic changes in the role of women. Some striking revelations
emerge from these biographical portraits-in particular, the breadth
of interracial cooperation between women in the decades preceding
the civil rights movement and ways that women carved out diverse
career opportunities, sometimes by breaking down formidable
occupational barriers. Some women in the volume proceeded
cautiously, working within the norms of their day to promote reform
even as traditional ideas about race and gender held powerful sway.
Others spoke out more directly and forcefully and demanded change.
Most of the women featured in these essays were leaders within
their respective communities and the state. Many of them, such as
Wil Lou Gray, Hilla Sheriff, and Ruby Forsythe, dedicated
themselves to improving the quality of education and health care
for South Carolinians. Septima Clark, Alice Spearman Wright,
Modjeska Simkins, and many others sought to improve conditions and
obtain social justice for African Americans. Others, including
Victoria Eslinger and Tootsie Holland, were devoted to the cause of
women's rights. Louise Smith, Mary Elizabeth Massey, and Mary
Blackwell Butler entered traditionally male-dominated fields, while
Polly Woodham and Mary Jane Manigault created their own small
businesses. A few, including Mary Gordon Ellis, Dolly Hamby, and
Harriet Keyserling exercised political influence. Familiar figures
like Jean Toal, current chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme
Court, are included, but readers also learn about lesser-known
women such as Julia and Alice Delk, sisters employed in the
Charleston Naval Yard during World War II.
The third and final volume of essays portraying South Carolina
women in the rich context of the state's long and fascinating
history. Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the
present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of
varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of
activities and occupations in which women were engaged in a
transformative era that included depression, world wars, and
dramatic changes in the role of women. Some striking revelations
emerge from these biographical portraits-in particular, the breadth
of interracial cooperation between women in the decades preceding
the civil rights movement and ways that women carved out diverse
career opportunities, sometimes by breaking down formidable
occupational barriers. Some women in the volume proceeded
cautiously, working within the norms of their day to promote reform
even as traditional ideas about race and gender held powerful sway.
Others spoke out more directly and forcefully and demanded change.
Most of the women featured in these essays were leaders within
their respective communities and the state. Many of them, such as
Wil Lou Gray, Hilla Sheriff, and Ruby Forsythe, dedicated
themselves to improving the quality of education and health care
for South Carolinians. Septima Clark, Alice Spearman Wright,
Modjeska Simkins, and many others sought to improve conditions and
obtain social justice for African Americans. Others, including
Victoria Eslinger and Tootsie Holland, were devoted to the cause of
women's rights. Louise Smith, Mary Elizabeth Massey, and Mary
Blackwell Butler entered traditionally male-dominated fields, while
Polly Woodham and Mary Jane Manigault created their own small
businesses. A few, including Mary Gordon Ellis, Dolly Hamby, and
Harriet Keyserling exercised political influence. Familiar figures
like Jean Toal, current chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme
Court, are included, but readers also learn about lesser-known
women such as Julia and Alice Delk, sisters employed in the
Charleston Naval Yard during World War II.
This volume, which spans the long period from the sixteenth century
through the Civil War era, is remarkable for the religious, racial,
ethnic, and class diversity of the women it features. Essays on
plantation mistresses, overseers' wives, nonslaveholding women from
the upcountry, slave women, and free black women in antebellum
Charleston are certain to challenge notions about the slave South
and about the significance of women to the state's economy. South
Carolina's unusual history of religious tolerance is explored
through the experiences of women of various faiths, and accounts of
women from Europe, the West Indies, and other colonies reflect the
diverse origins of the state's immigrants.
The volume begins with a profile of the Lady of Cofitachequi,
who sat at the head of an Indian chiefdom and led her people in
encounters with Spanish explorers. The essays that follow look at
well-known women such as Eliza Lucas Pinckney, who managed several
indigo plantations; the abolitionist Angelina Grimke; and Civil War
diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut. Also included, however, are essays on
the much-less-documented lives of poor white farming women (the
Neves family of Mush Creek), free African American women (Margaret
Bettingall and her daughters), and slave women, the latter based on
interviews and their own letters. The essays in volume 1
demonstrate that many women in this most conservative of states,
with its strong emphasis on traditional gender roles, carved out
far richer public lives than historians have often attributed to
antebellum southern women.
Historical figures included: The Lady of CofitachequiJudith
Giton ManigaultMary FisherSophia HumeMary-Anne SchadMrs.
BrownRebecca Brewton MotteEliza Lucas PinckneyHarriott Pinckney
HorryEnslaved woman known as DollyEnslaved woman known as
LaviniaEnslaved woman known as MariaEnslaved woman known as
SusanWomen of the Bettingall-Tunno FamilyAngelina GrimkeElizabeth
Allston PringleMother Mary Baptista AloysiusMary Boykin
ChesnutFrances NevesLucy Holcombe Pickens
|
You may like...
Paris Cat
Dianne Hofmeyr
Paperback
R260
R65
Discovery Miles 650
|