tag:www.greenvillebusinessmag.com,2005:/categories/sc-women-in-historySC Women in History | Greenville Business Magazine Your Business Resource for Greenville Metro & Upstate South Carolina2021-03-31T14:28:35-04:00urn:uuid:ed8d7752-cfd4-4505-b52d-2b08d0123fb02021-03-01T11:52:36-05:002021-03-31T14:28:35-04:00Pioneering Women2021-03-01 11:52:35 -0500Leigh SavageHistory reveals South Carolina’s unsung business leaders<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.greenvillebusinessmag.com">Greenville Business Magazine</a></small></p>urn:uuid:30c08e71-9fed-4ad8-ab8f-8891258c2ddf2019-03-28T20:58:40-04:002019-03-28T20:58:40-04:00Darla Moore2019-03-28 20:58:39 -0400Kiki WooleyThe University of South Carolina’s business school is named in her honor — the first business school in America named for a woman. She received the Business Person of the Year Award from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. She along with Condoleezza Rice are the first women members of Augusta National Golf Club. <hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.greenvillebusinessmag.com">Greenville Business Magazine</a></small></p>urn:uuid:f302a5be-0d8e-4713-9a06-d786edeb9ec82019-03-22T10:07:09-04:002019-03-22T10:07:09-04:00Kimberly Clarice Aiken2019-03-22 10:07:09 -0400Kiki WooleyAt 14, she read to children who stayed in shelters. Her efforts to get high school students to volunteer to help in homeless programs has resulted in thousands of donations to charitable organizations. “Young people are the future of the country and they need to know that they can make a difference,” said Aiken.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.greenvillebusinessmag.com">Greenville Business Magazine</a></small></p>urn:uuid:f529e4ee-8c38-4b8e-ac92-643255732e6d2019-03-20T09:03:05-04:002019-03-20T09:03:05-04:00Mary McLeod Bethune2019-03-20 09:03:05 -0400Kiki WooleyIn 1904, she started a small school for African-American girls which eventually became Bethune-Cookman University.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.greenvillebusinessmag.com">Greenville Business Magazine</a></small></p>urn:uuid:7e8abf39-b039-45de-9122-ab346746a3d22019-03-13T12:41:59-04:002019-03-13T14:20:48-04:00A Legacy of Leadership: How Women Have Shaped the History of South State Bank2019-03-13 12:41:49 -0400Kiki WooleyAn Act of Congress, the Home Owners Loan Act of 1933, was passed as part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal to help those in danger of losing their homes by providing refinanced mortgages or new loans. Horres recognized the Act as a potential solution to Charleston’s real-estate lending needs and, with the partnership of a local attorney, raised the public and regulatory support to start a savings and loan association, First Federal, which would fill the city’s real-estate lending void. The institution received its charter on May 28, 1934.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.greenvillebusinessmag.com">Greenville Business Magazine</a></small></p>urn:uuid:7af5ed00-c9d0-47ad-a279-2f01ce37e2e12019-03-04T11:43:26-05:002019-03-04T11:43:39-05:00Dorothea Benton Frank2019-03-04 11:43:39 -0500Kiki WooleyHer first novel, SULLIVANS ISLAND (Berkley Publishing 2000) debuted on the NY Times list at number nine and went back to press over twenty five times, has well over one million copies in print and can be found in ten foreign languages.<hr /><p><small>Original article published at <a href="www.greenvillebusinessmag.com">Greenville Business Magazine</a></small></p>