Women in Leadership Roles

Learn about women who lead in a multitude of ways!

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Susan Pringle Frost, a Charleston native and suffragette, founded the Preservation Society of Charleston in 1920 to save the city's historic buildings after learning the Manigault House was to become...

Marian Wright Edelman | Carolina Snaps

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Marian Wright Edelman has dedicated her life to advancing civil rights and children’s rights. Born in South Carolina in 1939, she was inspired by her father to pursue education despite adversity...

Grimké Sisters | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 5 8 Higher Education Professional Development

Although best known as fierce abolitionists, Sarah and Angelina Grimké were the first South Carolina Women to publicly advocate for women's suffrage.

The History of Rainbow Row | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Rainbow Row is a highly popular tourist attraction located in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Although the buildings look bright and new, these houses date all the way back to the 1700’s...

The Pollitzer Sisters | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Meet the Pollitzer sisters, who played a vital role in advancing women's rights and education in South Carolina during a transformative era.

Global and Local Research Inquiry Handout - Gilda Cobb-Hunter Video Part 1&2 | SC African American History Calendar (2021)

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

Use the Part I Gilda Cobb-Hunter video to have students strengthen their research and inquiry skills. This handout is another great way to combine social studies and ELA.

Ashley Daugherty, Chief Scientific Officer | Let's Go! CAREERS

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"As a woman in a male-dominated field, always be assertive. Strive to do more, learn more and find your talents and be confident with those." Ashley Dougherty is the Chief Scientific Officer at...

Lou Kennedy | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

As president, CEO and owner of Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Lou Kennedy runs a global company in West Columbia, South Carolina. She and her husband helped establish the Kennedy Pharmacy...

Kristina Mauger, 787 Production Engineering Director | Let's Go! CAREERS

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Kristina Mauger is the 787 Production Engineering Director at Boeing in South Carolina. Kristina started with the company in 2007 as a liaison engineer on the 747. She has always wanted a career in...

Janice Marshall | SC African American History Calendar (2019)

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Janice Wannamaker Marshall, a native of St. Matthews, South Carolina, is the daughter of Verna Wannamaker Abney. Marshall was educated in the Calhoun County school system, and is a graduate from...

Elaine Freeman | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Elaine Freeman founded the ETV Endowment from her dining room table. For over 40 years, the member organization has funded and supported programming on SCETV and South Carolina Public Radio. Freeman...

Jennifer Gutierrez Caldwell | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Jennifer Gutierrez-Caldwell has been described as a “change-agent.” As director of Youth Services at Pendleton Place in Greenville, she works to keep children safe and support families in crisis. “I...

Pastor Nannie Jefferies | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Pastor Nannie Jefferies would often visit the jails to encourage and pray for her church’s members and their children. She is the Pastor of Maranatha Free Church of Jesus Christ. During her visits...

JoAnn Turnquist | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

JoAnn Turnquist has held leadership positions with the Clorox Company, Procter and Gamble and JohnsonDiversey. She moved from the corporate world to the world of philanthropy more than a decade ago...

Minor Mickel Shaw | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Minor Mickel Shaw grew up talking about business at the dinner table with her family. She said her parents always had confidence in her and felt strongly about giving back to the community. Today she...

Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"C" is for Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore [ca. 1830-1896]. Temperance leader; social reformer. Known as Sallie F. Chapin, she became one of South Carolina's most visible 19th century women leaders...