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letter   |  may 2, 1744

to her father, Governor Lucas {as quoted in Eliza Pinckney, an 1896 biography by Harriott Horry Ravenel}

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“It is not my design to render my sex any the less feminine, but to develop as fully as may be the powers of womanhood & furnish women with means of usefulness, happiness, & honor now withheld from them.” Sophia Smith university founder
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Image from page 302 of "Text-book of botany, morphological and physiological" (1875)

Botany was Eliza's favorite subject ~ which helped her transform the agri-industry of the South.

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Magnolia Plantation and Gardens - Charleston, South Carolina

Eliza's family owned 3 South Carolina plantations of various sizes. They lived on the estate closest to Charleston, on Wappoo Creek.

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