Interview with Carrie T. Pollitzer
Interviewer
Constance Myers
Files
Abstract
IN PROCESSING
Suffragette, teacher, social worker, and sister of Mabel Pollitzer (1885-1979) who was 92 years old at the time of the interview, Carrie T. Pollitzer (1881-1974) describes the suffrage booths she helped set up in Charleston’s city streets, her work as a kindergarten teacher in the city, and her work to have women admitted to the formerly all-male College of Charleston in 1918. She also discusses her childhood, work with kindergarten Children’s Festival and her position as board member for the Charleston Federation of Women’s Club.
Publication Date
9-26-1973
Unique Identifier
OH 032
Format
1 Cassette
Length
1 hour
Restrictions
This interview is not open for use.
Series
Politics
Disciplines
Oral History
Keywords
Children's Festival, Charleston Federation of Women's Club, College of Charleston, Women's Suffrage Movement
Recommended Citation
Pollitzer, Carrie T., "Interview with Carrie T. Pollitzer" (1973). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 032.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/193
LC Subject Headings
Pollitzer, Carrie T. -- Childhood and youth, Women kindergarten teachers -- South Carolina -- Charleston, Suffragists -- South Carolina -- Charleston, Women -- Suffrage, College of Charleston, Coeducation, Children's festivals -- South Carolina -- Charleston, Charleston Federation of Women's Clubs (Charleston, S.C.)
