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Purple, gold lights shine on landmarks, honor women’s voting rights
As the nation celebrated the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, buildings and landmarks became beacons of purple, gold and white, the colors of the women's suffrage movement. The in the Aug....
Continue ReadingHow the suffrage movement unfolded in Greenville
Furman Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar Courtney Tollison '99 writes an opinion piece for The Greenville News. She chronicles South Carolina's role in the women's suffrage movement, for which Greenville’s contributions began in 1890,...
Continue ReadingForward Into Light: Greenville celebrates centennial of women’s right to vote
It took roughly 70 years and risk of arrest, imprisonment and other harms to self and family among many early suffragists. But ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote finally came...
Continue ReadingCelebrating a basic and treasured right
Like many other celebrations during the coronavirus pandemic, events commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution have gone by the wayside. But Furman’s Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar Courtney Tollison and...
Continue ReadingSC women celebrate a century of having the right to vote
The 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was celebrated Aug. 18 in Columbia, South Carolina. Among the more than 80 women lining the steps of the Statehouse for the...
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