Women’s Equality Day celebrates both the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote - and the idea of equality! It also celebrates organizations who work for equal opportunities for women in education and employment.
Explore our Women in Leadership and Women’s History Collections!
Our Collections make it easy to find the content that interests you! Explore the accomplishments of our featured women leaders - past and present!
Women in Leadership Collection
Successful women making a difference in their chosen professions!
Series
Palmetto Voices
In a dynamic and growing Southern career landscape, Palmetto Voices looks to female leaders in South Carolina to share the experiences, skills and decisions that have brought them success.
- Kathy Heffley, Regional President of SC, Wells Fargo
- Lola Jordan on Cloud-Based Data Services
- Lola Jordan, President, Companion Data Services
- Tammy Mainwaring, COO, IT-oLogy
- Tavia Gaddy on Economic Development
- Tavia Gaddy, Project Manager, Greenville Area Development Corporation
Project Lead SC
a video series for young women that follows notable women in South Carolina to gather advice about what makes a successful leader.
- Beth Dinndorf, President of Columbia College
- Christine Wells, Spring Valley Education Foundation
- Cynthia Bennett, SC Chamber of Commerce
- Gilda Cobb-Hunter, Representative, Orangeburg County
- Isvara Wilson, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
- JoAnn Turnquist, Central Carolina Community Foundation
- Kripa Cooper-Lewter, Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC
- Molly Spearman, SC State Superintendent of Education
Science Splash
An all-day science festival that stimulated and encouraged middle school girls' interest in science, technology, engineering and math careers.
Women Vision SC
A program that focuses on issues affecting women throughout the state and the nation, and a new generation of young people pursuing public service for their communities and the state at large.
- Anita Singleton-Prather
- Elaine Freeman
- Heather Holmquest
- Hope Blackley
- Inez Tenenbaum
- Jennifer Gutierrez-Caldwell
- JoAnn Turnquist
- Karen Alexander
- Minor Mickel Shaw
- Pastor Nannie Jefferies
- South Carolina Chief Justice (Ret.) Jean Hoefer Toal
Topics
- Women Civil Rights & Equal Rights Advocates
- Women Disability Rights Advocates
- Women in Aviation
- Women in Business
- Women in Education
- Women in Government & Public Administration
- Women in Leadership Roles
- Women in Literature
- Women in Media
- Women in Medicine
- Women in Sports
- Women in Technology
- Women in the Arts
- Women in the Legal Profession
Women’s History Collection
These stories place the spotlight on women who have made a difference. Great inspiration for girls of all ages!
Idella Bodie’s SC Women
- Dicey Langston
- Dorcas Richardson
- Dr. Anne Austin Young
- Dr. Wil Lou Gray
- Emily Geiger
- Grace and Rachel Martin
- Mary Boykin Chesnut
- Mary Gordon Ellis
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Modjeska Simkins
- Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké
Women’s History Month | Periscope
D. Celebrated Women in US History
- Amelia Bloomer
- Harriet Tubman
- Emily Dickinson
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Helen Keller
- Amelia Earhart
- Rosa Parks
- Gloria Steinem
SC Hall of Fame
Settlement
Civil War
Reconstruction
Early 20th Century
- Anna Hyatt Huntington
- Anne Austin Young
- Julia Mood Peterkin
- Lucile Godbold
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Maude Callen
- Susan Pringle Frost
- Wil Lou Gray
Late 20th & Early 21st Centuries
Civil Rights Movement
Economic Landscape
Visual and Performing Arts
Writers