Marjorie Julian Spruill

South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times, Volume 3 - Southern Women: Their Lives and Times Marjorie Julian Spruill

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "While the stories of towering figures like Septima Clark and Jean Hoefer Toal will ring familiar, most of this volume reveals women working in schools, farms, factories, and an astonishing array of voluntary associations to improve education and health, challenge racial discrimination, and open opportunities for women. South Carolina is a better place because of their unsung efforts, and their compelling stories challenge us to reframe our understanding of the twentieth century. This much needed book opens that possibility."--Sara Evans, author of "Born for Liberty: A History of Women in America"Review Quotes: "These wonderfully diverse stories of the lives and works of South Carolina women will instruct, surprise, and inspire readers of all kinds. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand our common past."--Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Julia Cherry Spruill Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBiographical Note: Marjorie Julian Spruill is a professor of history at the University of South Carolina. Valinda W. Littlefield is associate professor of history and director of the African American Studies Program at the University of South Carolina. Joan Marie Johnson is a lecturer in women's and southern history at Northeastern Illinois University. Together they have edited volumes 1 and 2 of "South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times" (Georgia). Review Quotes: "My hat is off to the editors and authors of "South Carolina Women". They have done an enormous service to anyone who is interested in South Carolina history, women's history, and southern history. . . This book is an excellent resource for scholars and students of southern and South Carolina history and politics, American studies, African-American studies, and women's studies."--Karen M. Kedrowski, "Journal of Southern Religion"Review Quotes: "The essays in this book individually and collectively bring to life a long history of female activism and agency and make a valuable contribution to the narrative of southern women's efforts to shape the world around them. Volume 3 of "South Carolina Women" proves that these notable and exceptional female figures, rather than stand passively on the sidelines, claimed a space in the canon of American history by tirelessly constructing a better world for generations of women in the state and the nation."--Victoria E. Ott, "Journal of Southern History"Table of Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Marjorie Julian Spruill, Valinda W. Littlefield, Joan Marie Johnson -- The Lady of Cofitachequi: Gender and Political Power among Native Southerners / Christina Snyder -- Judith Giton: From Southern France to the Carolina Lowcountry / Bertrand van Ruymbeke -- Mary Fisher, Sophia Hume, and the Quakers of Colonial Charleston: Women Professing Godliness / Randy J. Sparks -- Mary-Anne Schad and Mrs. Brown: Overseers's Wives in Colonial South Carolina / Laura Rose Sandy -- Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Harriott Pinckney Horry: A South Carolina Revolutionary-Era Mother and Daughter / Constance B. Schulz -- Rebecca Brewton Motte: Revolutionary South Carolinian / Alexia Jones Helsley -- Dolly, Lavinia, Maria, and Susan: Enslaved Women in Antebellum South Carolina / Emily West -- The Bettingall-Tunno Family and the Free Black Women of Antebellum Charleston: A Freedom Both Contingent and Constrained / Amrita Chakrabarti Myers -- Angelina Grimke: Abolition and Redemption in a Crusade against Slavery / Charles Wilbanks -- Elizabeth Allston Pringle: A Woman Rice Planter / Charles Joyner -- Mother Mary Baptista Aloysius (nee Ellen Lynch): A Confederate Nun and Her Southern Identity / Nancy Stockton -- Mary Boykin Chesnut Civil War Redux / Elisabeth Showalter Muhlenfeld -- Frances Neves and Her Family: Upcountry Women in the Civil War / Sara Marie Eye -- Lucy Holcombe Pickens: Belle, Political Novelist, and Southern Lady / Orville Vernon, Georganne Burton -- Notes on Contributors -- Index. Publisher Marketing: Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of activities and occupations in which women were engaged in a transformative era that included depression, world wars, and dramatic changes in the role of women. Some striking revelations emerge from these biographical portraits--in particular, the breadth of interracial cooperation between women in the decades preceding the civil rights movement and ways that women carved out diverse career opportunities, sometimes by breaking down formidable occupational barriers. Some women in the volume proceeded cautiously, working within the norms of their day to promote reform even as traditional ideas about race and gender held powerful sway. Others spoke out more directly and forcefully and demanded change. Most of the women featured in these essays were leaders within their respective communities and the state. Many of them, such as Wil Lou Gray, Hilla Sheriff, and Ruby Forsythe, dedicated themselves to improving the quality of education and health care for South Carolinians. Septima Clark, Alice Spearman Wright, Modjeska Simkins, and many others sought to improve conditions and obtain social justice for African Americans. Others, including Victoria Eslinger and Tootsie Holland, were devoted to the cause of women's rights. Louise Smith, Mary Elizabeth Massey, and Mary Blackwell Butler entered traditionally male-dominated fields, while Polly Woodham and Mary Jane Manigault created their own small businesses. A few, including Mary Gordon Ellis, Dolly Hamby, and Harriet Keyserling exercised political influence. Familiar figures like Jean Toal, current chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, are included, but readers also learn about lesser-known women such as Julia and Alice Delk, sisters employed in the Charleston Naval Yard during World War II.

Contributor Bio:  Spruill, Marjorie Julian Marjorie Julian Spruill is a professor of history at the University of South Carolina. Contributor Bio:  Littlefield, Valinda W Valinda W. Littlefield is an assistant professor of history at the University of South Carolina. Contributor Bio:  Johnson, Joan Marie Joan Marie Johnson is a lecturer at Northeastern Illinois University.