Woman Making Sweetgrass Basket 2An unidentified African-American woman creates a sweetgrass basket near Georgetown, S.C.
Woman With BasketAn unidentified African-American woman stands with a sweetgrass basket full of rice.
Woman's College of Due West studentsMost of students in early fall/late spring uniforms on the steps of Carnegie Hall; on back photographs attached of 3 teachers from Hall Fletcher School: Mr. Carter, Mr. Mulholland, M. T. Iverson and student Ed Roberts.
WomenAlthough women constitute a majority of South Carolina’s population, they have had to overcome many of the same barriers to…
Women's ClubsThe South Carolina women’s club movement was a powerful force for social change. It challenged the landscape of the state’s…
Women's SuffrageThe enfranchisement of women was first publicly discussed during the Reconstruction era in South Carolina. During the 1868 State Constitutional…
Woodard, Isaac, beating ofWoodard’s case gained national recognition as one of several incidents of racial discrimination against black veterans returning from service after World War II.
Woodmason, CharlesClergyman. Little is known about Woodmason before he came to South Carolina. He was born in England and was probably…
Woodrow, JamesScientist, educator, college president. Born in Carlisle, England, on May 30, 1828, James Woodrow, son of Reverend Thomas Woodrow and…
WoodruffWoodruff probably gained its greatest recognition in the postwar decades due to the success that the coach W. L. “Willie” Varner brought to Woodruff High School athletics, especially football. Under Coach Varner, the Wolverines won ten state football championships.
Woods, Sylvia PressleyRestaurateur, author, businesswoman. Woods was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 2, 1926, the only child of Van and…
Woodside Building(Greenville). The Woodside Building was constructed on Main Street in Greenville in 1923. At seventeen stories, it was Greenville’s first…
Woodside, John ThomasTextile mill owner, entrepreneur. Woodside was born in Greenville County on May 9, 1864, the son of John Lawrence Woodside,…
Woodward, HenryPhysician, Indian agent. Woodward was among the earliest English settlers of South Carolina. Little is known about his formative years,…
Woolsey, GamelPoet, novelist, memoirist. The exact year of Woolsey’s birth is not known–estimates vary from 1895 to 1900–but what is certain…
Workman, William Douglas, Jr.Journalist, author. Workman was born on August 10, 1914, in Greenwood, the son of William D. Workman and Vivian Watkins.…
