The biographical essays in this volume provide new insights into the various ways that South Carolina women asserted themselves in their state and illuminate th

Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of varied backgrounds whose stories refl

"In The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina, Gerda Lerner, herself a leading historian and pioneer in the study of Women's History, tells the story of these dete

Prior to the twenty-first century, most historical writing about women in South Carolina focused on elite White women, even though working-class women of divers