Post-War America (1946-1954)

After years of farming, Sanders tried writing, but her first literary effort (a Gothic romance about sharecroppers) was considered too melodramatic by Louis D. Rubin, Jr., her later publisher, and was not accepted for publication.

As South Carolina’s first assistant attorney general, Sapp developed a reputation for writing legal opinions with clarity, force, and thoroughness.

Shy, redheaded, tall, lean, and gracious, Sass was nicknamed “Hobo” for his wandering ways in the lowcountry and his hobbling together of income to support his wife, Marion Hutson, and three children.

Sayers’s fiction is wholeheartedly unsentimental. Its narrative force is carried by the author’s strong display of comic irony.

In a few months Seigler had created the Aiken County Girls’ Tomato Club, the first such group in the nation, and was attracting favorable attention from government and philanthropic groups.

After winning awards for providing special textiles for the armed forces during World War II, Self established Greenwood Mills Inc., with offices in New York City, as his own selling house in 1946.

After graduating from high school, Sellers left South Carolina in 1962 to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C. At Howard he met several student activists, including Stokely Carmichael, who would later become chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

From 1951 to 1954 he played basketball at Furman University and is best known for his high-scoring performances that made national headlines, including 100 points in a 149–95 victory over Newberry College.

Shand became known for his public and commercial building designs and played a significant role in the development of the textile industry in South Carolina during the early twentieth century.

As Speaker, Sheheen devoted much of his time to organizational and procedural issues at a time when South Carolina’s two-party system was growing increasingly partisan and competitive.

A fixture at left tackle from 1968 to 1982, Shell became one of the most dominating offensive linemen in professional football history.

Sheriff’s efforts to train and license lay midwives in South Carolina during the postwar decades reveal the pragmatism that guided her public health policies.

Sheriffs are well-known and prominent public officials and law enforcement officers. Constables tend to be somewhat obscure in the public’s awareness. But whether sheriffs or constables, these officers have been steadfastly providing law enforcement services since the colonial period.

From 1939 until 1990 the musical career of Pappy Sherrill was closely entwined with that of Snuffy Jenkins. They recorded later albums for Folk-Lyric, Rounder, and Old Homestead.

Simkins’s contributions to the field of southern history were enormous. Two themes recurred in his writing: the South ought to be treated on its own terms; and the South possessed cultural characteristics that were different from those of the rest of the nation.

Simkins’s life embodied many of the ideals set forth by her parents. She proved herself as an independent leader and advocate for the black community.

Simmons’s most elaborate ironworks were created for homes in the celebrated Battery District near the harbor.

Interested in literary pursuits since girlhood, Simons began writing seriously while in college. Her primary love was poetry, with a focus on lyrical verse, sonnets, and nature poems.

Novelist, poet. Sinclair was born on April 15, 1939, in Greenville to Graham Sinclair and Bennie Ward. While she was…

Architect, engineer. Sirrine, an important industrial architect and engineer practicing in South Carolina, was born on December 9, 1872, in…