WomenAlthough women constitute a majority of South Carolina’s population, they have had to overcome many of the same barriers to…
Women's ClubsThe South Carolina women’s club movement was a powerful force for social change. It challenged the landscape of the state’s…
Woodrow, JamesScientist, educator, college president. Born in Carlisle, England, on May 30, 1828, James Woodrow, son of Reverend Thomas Woodrow and…
Wright, Elizabeth EvelynEducator. Wright was born in Talbotton, Georgia, on April 3, 1872, the seventh of twenty-one children born to the African…
Wright, Louis BookerHistorian, library administrator. Wright was born on March 1, 1899, in the crossroads village of Phoenix in Greenwood County, the…
Wright, Mary Honor FarrowEducator. Born into slavery on August 11, 1862, in Spartanburg, Wright was the youngest of three daughters of Lott and…
Young, Anne AustinYoung promoted philanthropy. In Clinton she led efforts to create Whitten Village, a facility for mentally retarded patients.
