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How 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 ReadingCriss included in women’s suffrage special
Shaniece Criss, assistant professor of Health Sciences, is one of 11 women in South Carolina to be profiled in a one-hour video special on SCE TV celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote....
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