“For me personally, it’s really created this kind of drive at the School to continue that legacy, the legacy of advocacy, of being grounded in community and place, of understanding the importance of beauty in the lives of everyone, what it means to be a citizen and civically responsible not only for ourselves but for others.”
– Jill Muti, Ashley Hall Head of School

Ashley Hall continues its celebration of the 19th Amendment! The Post and Courier’s Maura Hogan, Class of 1982, did a phenomenal job surveying the suffragist movement in South Carolina, especially in Charleston, and Jennet Robinson Alterman, Class of 1970, who chairs the city of Charleston Commission on Women and sits on the board of the South Carolina-based Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network, was interviewed as well.

Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill, Class of 1979 and chair of The Preservation Society of Charleston’s board, wrote an eloquent editorial honoring Society founder Susan Pringle Frost—a leading figure, along with Ashley Hall’s founder Mary Vardrine McBee, in Charleston’s suffragist movement.

As part of the Post and Courier’s “We the Women” series, Head of School Jill Muti and Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Helen Hill, Class of 1981, offered their thoughts about the 19th Amendment and the path ahead for the female leaders of tomorrow. “For me personally, it’s really created this kind of drive at the School to continue that legacy, the legacy of advocacy, of being grounded in community and place, of understanding the importance of beauty in the lives of everyone, what it means to be a citizen and civically responsible, not only for ourselves but for others,” said Muti. Enjoy these fascinating articles and videos below!