Dr. Amy Thompson McCandless continues to work on projects highlighting the lives and contributions of South Carolina women.
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“Oh, that I was a man!”
The South Carolina Historical Society published its Spring 2009 Carologue. Shannon Hungerford’s summary of Mary Boykin Chesnut’s diaries is featured on pages 20-23. Hungerford, a candidate for a History Master’s candidate with The Graduate School of the College of Charleston, writes that Chesnut was not your typical Southern Belle. As a childless wife whose in-laws…
An Internship Announcement and a Call for Papers
The South Carolina Historical Society is looking for interns to begin working with them in January. As an intern, you will work directly with two graduates of our History program: Mary Jo Fairchild and Jane Aldrich. I have yet to meet Ms. Aldrich, but can attest that Mrs. Fairchild is a wonderful woman to work…
