Description: This volume, which spans the long period from the sixteenth century through the Civil War era, is remarkable for the religious, racial, ethnic, and class diversity of the women it features. All are major figures and key contributors to the state's history.
Brief description: CHARLES JOYNER, author of Down by the Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community, is Burroughs Distinguished Professor of Southern History and Culture at the University of South Carolina, Coastal College.
Review Quotes:
Engagingly written across all of the chapters, this book is suitable for a wide audience. . . . [R]eaders will be fascinated by the compelling array of women who added to South Carolina's social, political, and economic history.
--Jennifer A. Stollman "South Carolina Historical Magazine"