Category: City of Women

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Release: Columbia City of Women Announced new Honorees 

by WREN Staff on Aug 28, 2021

The women’s history project honored notable women like Malissa Burnette, Esq and Dr. Bambi Gaddist in their class of 2021 honorees.  Columbia, S.C. — On Thursday, August 26, 2021, Historic Columbia and The Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN) hosted an event to celebrate She Did Day and announced new honorees for the City of Women project.   The

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Columbia City of Women podcast transcript: Trailer

by Columbia City of Women on Jul 2, 2021

[Theme music] Welcome to the Columbia City of Women podcast! Columbia City of Women is a joint initiative of Historic Columbia and the Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network to put women on the map in Columbia, South Carolina.   Our mission is to connect Columbia residents of all backgrounds, and all gender identities, to the

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Celebrating Women’s History Month

by WREN Staff on Mar 31, 2020

SCETV Highlights Columbia City of Women City of Women is a project by Historic Columbia and the Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network.  This project connects Columbians to the legacies of our all-too-often undersung women leaders, whose contributions are woven into the fabric of this city.  In celebration of Women’s History Month, SCETV featured Columbia City

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 Opinion: Putting Greenville Women on the Map

by Dr. Courtney Tollison on Mar 9, 2020

  On November 2nd of 1920, white women in Greenville went to the polls for the first time. After an approximately 80-year battle to gain the right to vote, one can only imagine the excitement and optimism that filled the air of polling stations across the nation. However, on this momentous occasion, the front page of the Greenville News simply read, “Women’s Votes to Make Counters’ Task Greater.”   One