Women's History

Women's History Month is celebrated in March. Our Women's History Collection features women from many walks of life!

This collection is also useful for the following observances:

  • International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 each year.
  • Women's Equality Day is celebrated on August 26 each year. 
  • International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated on October 11 each year.

 

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Elizabeth Evelyn Wright | Carolina Snaps

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Elizabeth Evelyn Wright’s dream of establishing a school in South Carolina would come true in 1897. Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, had a deep desire to open a school where...
Julia Mood Peterkin | Carolina Snaps

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Julia Mood Peterkin’ stories of plantation life and realistic African American characters captured the world’s attention. Julia Mood was born in Laurens County on Halloween in 1880. Her mother died...
Darla Moore | Carolina Snaps

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Did you know Darla Moore was the first woman featured on the cover of Fortune Magazine and was listed as one of Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business”? Born and raised in Lake City, South...
Maude Callen | Carolina Snaps

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Orphaned at the age of six, Maude Callen, became an “Angel in Twilight” to many as she singlehandedly brought health care to a poverty-stricken community. After becoming orphaned, Maude went to live...
Who Was Sacagawea? | History In A Nutshell
Who Was Sacagawea? | History In A Nutshell

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Note for educators regarding Sacagawea: According to scholars, the pronunciation of Sacagawea as Sak-a-JA-wee-ah is incorrect. The more historically correct way to pronounce her name is with a hard G-...
Who Was Watkuweis? | History In A Nutshell
Who Was Watkuweis? | History In A Nutshell

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In September 1805, the starving, freezing and exhausted members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition had survived the brutal crossing of the Bitterroot Mountains. Upon arrival on the other side, the...
Women of Character | Carolina Stories

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This "Carolina Stories" documentary features the biographies of four "leading ladies" in South Carolina history, who have been honored by induction into the South Carolina Hall of Fame...Mary McLeod...
Clubwomen, The Pollitzer Sisters & The Vote
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Susan Pringle Frost, a mentor to the Pollitzer sisters, was the founder of the Charleston Equal Suffrage League. Anita Pollitzer went to work for that National American Women Suffrage Association...