Women - Civil Rights & Equal Rights Advocates

Learn about women who have fought for equal justice under the law!

Learn about women who have fought for equal justice under the law!

T. Lilly Little Water | Women Vision SC

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T. Lilly Little Water began her life’s passion of advocating for Indigenous People at age seventeen. “It’s something intangible and inexplicable that drives me. It feels like there are also a 1000...
Jennifer Gutierrez Caldwell | Women Vision SC

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Jennifer Gutierrez-Caldwell has been described as a “change-agent.” As director of Youth Services at Pendleton Place in Greenville, she works to keep children safe and support families in crisis. “I...
Sue Monk Kidd

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Meet Sue Monk Kidd, author of “The Secret Life Of Bees.” With over six million copies of her novel sold, along with a major motion picture, Monk became a literary sensation. Monk briefly talks about...
Women's Rights | Periscope
Women's Rights | Periscope
Episode 10

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In many nations, women are not allowed to vote, receive an education, or hold a job. The United Nations works to help countries create equal rights for men and women. This U.N. poster from India...
Human Rights | Periscope
Human Rights | Periscope
Episode 9

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Every nation provides its people with certain rights. These may be the right to vote, the right to work, or freedom of speech. The idea that the most important rights should be shared by people in...
Sarah Moore Grimké | History of SC Slide Collection
Sarah Moore Grimké | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 68

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Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and her sister Angeline Emily Grimké (1805-1879) were abolitionists and advocates of women's rights. Born into a wealthy and aristocratic family from Charleston, the...