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"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...
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Take a 360 tour inside the lab at Nephron Pharmaceuticals with Jim Braxton, Quality Control Manager. Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation provides patients reliable access to affordable, high-quality...
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Tameika Isaac Devine was age 29 when she ran for office for the first time. She became the first African American female and the youngest person on the Columbia City Council. She recalls winning that...
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Malissa Burnette is an award-winning attorney and advocate for equal rights for all. She is co-founder of the Burnette Shutt & McDaniel law firm in Columbia. She waged a legal battle to change the...
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Betty Jo Rhea served as Mayor of Rock Hill for 12 years and as a member of the City Council for 8 years. She was referred to as “the people’s mayor.” When she took over as mayor, unemployment stood at...
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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...
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Keisha Hawes was age 31 when she had a heart attack. She was a wife and mother, who was holding down several part-time jobs in the Charleston area to help to make ends meet. She has taken the...
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“The world will tell you what success looks like, but truly success looks differently for different people.” The words of Dr. Shaniece Criss. She has defined her own success by fulfilling purpose in...
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Fresh out of Newcomb College at Tulane, Ann Timberlake came back to South Carolina and instead of taking up civil rights or the war, she said she “wanted to save trees.” She became one of South...
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Shortly after Cathy Hughes joined The Times and Democrat in Orangeburg in 1972, she got a call from the society editor who said, “Cathy, The Times and Democrat’s on fire.” Hughes and her husband...