Biography: Rollin Sisters: The Political and Social Influence and Activism of Frances, Lottie, and Louisa within the Reconstruction State Government

The Rollin Sisters

Biography: Rollin Sisters: The Political and Social Influence and Activism of Frances, Lottie, and Louisa within the Reconstruction State Government

06/20/2016

Biography

South Carolina Encyclopedia features a 2016 biography, written by Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, on the influence of three of the five Rollin sisters- an African American family of abolitionists, writers, suffragists and teachers. Themes include: the Rollin sisters' wealthy upbringing in South Carolina, the financial impact on the family after the Civil War and the rise of the "Rollin salon" in Columbia. Other themes include: Kate and Lottie's teaching experiences in Charleston, Lottie's creation of a South Carolina chapter of the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), Frances' 1867 discrimination lawsuit and her writing on black abolitionist and Union soldier Martin R. Delany.

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