The 35 Most Influential Women in South Carolina History - Paperback

by Robert Charles Jones (Author)

This book looks at 35 influential women that were either born in South Carolina, made their mark here, or both. These include Revolutionary War heroines (Kate Barry, Susannah Smith Elliott, Emily Geiger, Rebecca Brewton Motte, Jane Black Thomas), Civil Rights activists (Charlotta Spears Bass, Mary McLeod Bethune, Septima Poinsette Clark, Charlayne Hunter-Gault), entertainers (Viola Davis, Ainsley Earhardt, Leeza Gibbons, Lauren Hutton, Eartha Kitt, Andie MacDowell, Etta Jones. Mary-Louise Parker, Vanna White), sports stars (Beth Daniel, Althea Gibson, Mamie "Peanut" Johnson), authors (Mary Chesnut, Mary C. Simms Oliphant, Phoebe Yates Pember) and a sitting Ambassador to the United Nations (Nikki Haley).