Name: preserving charleston's past, shaping its future: the life and times of susan pringle frost (en Inglés)
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Author: Bland, Sidney R.
ISBN: 9781570032905

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Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Sidney R. Bland

Editorial

University of South Carolina Press

Año

1999

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

200

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.8 x 15.3 x 1.5 cm

Peso

0.33 kg.

ISBN

1570032904

ISBN13

9781570032905

Categorías

Biografías de personas históricas, políticos y soldados
Estudios de genero de las mujeres

preserving charleston's past, shaping its future: the life and times of susan pringle frost (en Inglés)

Sidney R. Bland (Autor) · University of South Carolina Press · Tapa Blanda

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The story of one of America's first historic preservationists and the city she fought to saveOne of the most remarkable women born in the Reconstruction South, Susan Pringle Frost was an outspoken champion of a host of important causes, including women's rights, a more active and accountable local government, and better treatment of African Americans. In his biography of this dynamic Charlestonian, Sidney Bland enumerates Frost's many accomplishments and chronicles what he considers to be her greatest achievement--spearheading a historic preservation movement in Charleston that became the model for preservationists throughout the country.Bland recounts Frost's early life as a member of an illustrious Charleston family and her entrance into the workplace, caused partly by her father's financial failures. He tells how she defied convention by establishing a real estate office in Charleston's all-male professional district, sparked an interest in preservation by buying and renovating houses on and around Charleston's oldest thoroughfare, and founded the Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings, one of the nation's oldest historic preservation groups and the forerunner of the Preservation Society of Charleston. Offering vivid insight into the courage, perseverance, and eccentricity of a woman he considers a complex and often inconsistent crusader, he credits Frost with garnering support for the city's landmark Historic District Zoning Ordinance and traces specific staples of present-day historic preservation methods to her visionary initiatives.A finalist for the South Carolina Historical Society's best book of the year in South Carolina history, Preserving Charleston's Past, Shaping Its Future illuminates the life of a pioneer in historic preservation and a feminist whose activism helped save Charleston's old architecture and generated a wider preservation movement.