December 17, 2020
Although best known as fierce abolitionists, Sarah and Angelina Grimké were the first South Carolina Women to publicly advocate for women's suffrage. This program traces the lives of the Grimké sisters and other SC voices in the struggle for women's rights from the late 1830's through the Civil War.
Sisterhood: SC Suffragists celebrated the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. Learn the role South Carolina women played in the national movement that eventually guaranteed more than 26 million women the right to vote. But there is more to do.