Organization of South Carolina's Suffrage League
Salley outlines the basic structure of South Carolina's Suffrage League and describes some of the women who were active in it.
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Oral History Interview with Eulalie Salley, September 15, 1973. Interview G-0054. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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- CONSTANCE MYERS:
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Tell me something about the Suffrage League in South Carolina. How was it
structured? What was its organizational
scheme--the top personality, the chairwoman and on
down, how was it structured?
- EULALIE SALLEY:
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It was started really by Mrs. Harriet P. Lynch in Cherau, South
Carolina.
- CONSTANCE MYERS:
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Was she Mrs. or 'miss?'
- EULALIE SALLEY:
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Mrs. She was a great friend of Senator [Willima P.] Pollock. Did you ever
hear of him?
- CONSTANCE MYERS:
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Yes, you spoke of him.
- EULALIE SALLEY:
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He helped us a great deal in Congress and then later in the legislature.
He and Mrs. Lynch came down here to Aiken and helped us with this little
league down here. We had a big parade. They rode in the parade. I have a
picture that they made with Senator Pollock and Mrs. Lynch.
- CONSTANCE MYERS:
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This should be in Emily's book. *
* [Emily Bull, author of Eulalie, (1973)]
- EULALIE SALLEY:
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It will be.
- CONSTANCE MYERS:
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What does the 'P' stand for, Harriet P. Lynch?
- EULALIE SALLEY:
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I don't know what it stands for. [Powe] Don't put this in but he was
supposed to be in love with her and I hope he was
because I like such things.
- CONSTANCE MYERS:
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Yes. She was the first chairwoman, I guess.
- EULALIE SALLEY:
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She organized the first League in South Carolina.
