by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Dorothy Sinkler Richardson (1737-1793), a woman who was “distinguished in mind and manners,” was the second wife of Gen. Richard Richardson (1704-1780) and a staunch Patriot. On November 7, 1780, less than two months after the death of her husband, Dorothy was at Big...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Eliza Lucas Pinckney is famous for developing a blue dye and becoming the first woman inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. Her story is anything but ordinary for a woman of her time. Eliza became a plantation mistress at the age of 16 in the absence...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Elizabeth, Grace, and Rachel Martin were three women crucial to the success of the American Revolution. Elizabeth was a mother of nine with several sons in the Continental Army, and her daughter-in-law, Grace and Rachel, supported the Patriot cause by caring for...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Rebecca Brewton Motte was a resilient supporter during the American Revolutionary War. Growing up in South Carolina, she married into the well-known Motte family. At the outbreak of the war, Rebecca and her family provided crucial supplies to the Patriots. After she...
