1.0South Carolina Encyclopediahttps://www.scencyclopedia.org/sceMatthew Simmonshttps://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/author/sceditor/Ravenel, Harriott Horry Rutledge - South Carolina Encyclopediarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zHw8kbZ5s6"><a href="https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/ravenel-harriott-horry-rutledge/">Ravenel, Harriott Horry Rutledge</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/ravenel-harriott-horry-rutledge/embed/#?secret=zHw8kbZ5s6" width="600" height="338" title="“Ravenel, Harriott Horry Rutledge” — South Carolina Encyclopedia" data-secret="zHw8kbZ5s6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Novelist, biographer, historian. Ravenel was born on August 12, 1832, in Charleston, the daughter of Edward Cotesworth Rutledge and Rebecca Motte Lowndes. In her youth, she received private tutoring at her home in Charleston and attended Madame Talvande’s prestigious female academy. On March 20, 1851, she married a prominent physician, St. Julien Ravenel, with whom […]