Constance Myers Papers - Accession 725

Authors

Constance Ashton Smith Myers

Files

Identifier

Accession 725

Inclusive Dates

1889-1990

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

53,000 pieces, 26.50 linear feet

Language

English;

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of letters, lesson plans, examination, photographs, student papers written, course syllabi, newspaper articles, excerpts of written material for class handouts. Constance Ashton Myers was a historian, author, and professor born in 1927 affectionately known to her family and friends as Connie. During the 1970s, Myers traveled around the United States and interviewed Suffragettes and other women and recorded their interviews. She participated actively in the women’s liberation movement throughout her years giving speeches, writing books, and interviewing women. Dr. Myers attended and taught at Sacramento State College, University of South Carolina at Aiken, and Augusta College as well as worked with many other institutions. In 1969 Myers was dismissed from her teaching at Augusta College in Georgia and she filed for sex discrimination. Throughout her career Myers gave many lectures on women’s history particularly on the Suffragettes, race relations in the south, Marxism, and Latin America. Some of her writings include: The Prophet’s Army: Trotskyists in America, 1928-1941 and “God, Darwin, and the Founding Fathers: Voice of Resistance to the Woman Suffrage and Equal Rights Amendments a Study in Popular Culture”. In 2012 Myers was killed a bus-car collision her husband Cecil survived the crash. They had four children and many grandchildren.

Provenance

The Constance Myers papers were donated to Winthrop University Archives and Special Collections by Constance Myers.

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

Finding Aid Citation

Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Constance Myers Papers - Accession 725". Finding Aid 1424.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1424

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