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Women in literature, writing, editing, publishing, illustrating, women poets, novelists and more!

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 Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio
Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Humphreys, Josephine (b. 1945). Novelist. Born in Charleston, Humphreys graduated from Duke and obtained an M.F.A. from Yale. In 1970, she began teaching at Baptist College in Charleston...
 Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz | South Carolina Public Radio
Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz (1896-1983). Poet, writer. While still in her teens, Hyer published her first poems. She joined the Poetry Society in 1920. Her first poetry collection, Santee...
 Patti Callahan Henry
Patti Callahan Henry

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

Meet Patti Callahan Henry, “the Fresh Face of Southern Literature.” Patti’s path to writing is unique. She started her adult life as a nurse, and found herself writing after she found out her daughter...
 Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd

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

Meet Sue Monk Kidd, author of “The Secret Life Of Bees.” With over six million copies of her novel sold, along with a major motion picture, Monk became a literary sensation. Monk briefly talks about...
 Mary Alice Monroe
Mary Alice Monroe

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

Meet Mary Alice Monroe, whose best-selling novels nearly all share a dominant, lowcountry theme. She has written ten best-selling novels, but it was not until she moved to the Isle of Palms...
 Pat Conroy's
Pat Conroy's "Literary Immortality" | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 9

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Cassandra King, and Pat Conroy’s brother, Tim, read letters from Pat Conroy. In the letters, Pat Conroy honors his mother, his friends from The Citadel who went to fight in Vietnam, and the love for...
 Honoring Pat Conroy | Walter Edgar's Journal
Honoring Pat Conroy | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 2

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In this segment, Cassandra King discusses how various people from all parts of Pat Conroy’s life wanted to honor him after his passing.
 Found: Mary Chesnut's Civil War Photo Albums (Full Version)
Found: Mary Chesnut's Civil War Photo Albums (Full Version)
Episode 4

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Mary Chesnut’s diary, originally published forty years after the Civil War as Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, is generally acknowledged today as the finest literary work of the Confederacy. Spiced by the...
 The Early Days of Photography | Walter Edgar's Journal
The Early Days of Photography | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 1

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In the first segment on Mary Chesnut’s photo album, Harvey Teal details the earliest days of photography, and describes the various types of photographs: daguerreotype, amber type, Carte de Visite...
 The Album's Journey | Walter Edgar's Journal
The Album's Journey | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 2

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Walter Edgar discusses with Martha Daniels and Henry Fulmer about references made to the photo album found in Mary Chesnut’s diary, along with references found in the South Caroliniana Library’s...
 A Woman Ahead Of Her Time | Walter Edgar's Journal
A Woman Ahead Of Her Time | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Martha Daniels analyzes the albums’ “Panoramic Breadth,” and how Mary Chesnut was an educated woman ‘ahead of her time.’ Along with photos of famous Southerners, the albums also feature photographs of...
 Mary Chesnut's Scrapbook  | Walter Edgar's Journal
Mary Chesnut's Scrapbook | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 2

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. Julia Stern discusses writing her book Mary Chesnut’s Civil War Epic, and recounts meeting the descendants of Mary Chesnut, along with seeing Chesnut’s personal photo album, containing photos of...
 The Shift In Cultural Weather  | Walter Edgar's Journal
The Shift In Cultural Weather | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. Stern goes into the South’s reaction to the Witherspoon Murder, and how people in the South were cautious regarding the threat of slave rebellions. She then analyzes Mary Chesnut’s use of the...
 The Feuds  | Walter Edgar's Journal
The Feuds | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 6

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In this segment on Mary Chesnut’s diary, Dr. Stern discusses the feuds between Joe Johnston and Jefferson Davis, along with one between Mary Chesnut and Lucy Pickens. Dr. Stern finishes this segment...