Title Against the tide : one woman's political struggle / Harriet Keyserling

Published Columbia, S.C : University of South Carolina Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 388 pages) : illustrations Series Understanding contemporary American literature Understanding Jack Kerouac Contents Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Family -- The Keyserlings -- Beaufort -- County Council: the first step -- Running for the legislature -- Cast of characters -- The Beaufort delegation -- Past reformers -- The first year -- My first bills -- Nuclear waste -- Filibusters -- The five-percent reserve fund caper -- The education improvement act -- NCSL: going national -- Women and politics -- The arts and state government -- Other elections -- Energy policies -- Back to Beaufort -- Index Summary In 1944, when Harriet Keyserling arrived in the small South Carolina town of Beaufort, she found herself in an environment foreign to her. Coming to Beaufort with her husband - a native son and local physician - she was a liberal northerner in the conservative South and a Jew in a predominantly Christian world. These religious and political differences only intensified her feelings of being an outsider - a thread that would run through much of her life and career. Against the Tide traces, in Keyserling's own words, her journey into the world of "good ol' boy" Southern politics and her labors to reform the political system in South Carolina. It is the story of a woman who arrived a Yankee liberal and became an effective eight-term legislator in the South Carolina House of Representatives. She served for sixteen years then retired in 1992, when the rancor and partisanship of the legislature became intolerable for her. Against the Tide describes the intensely personal journey of an unconventional politician struggling for self-confidence, overcoming odds, and making a lasting difference. At a time when the political tide is again turning, Harriet Keyserling proves that one person can effect change in spite of overwhelming obstacles Notes Includes index English Print version record Subject Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010. SUBJECT Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010 fast (OCoLC)fst00415743 Subject South Carolina. General Assembly -- Biography SUBJECT South Carolina. General Assembly. fast (OCoLC)fst00535472 Subject Women legislators -- South Carolina -- Biography Legislators -- South Carolina -- Biography HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Legislators. Politics and government Women legislators. American Literature. English. Languages & Literatures. SUBJECT South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125571 Subject South Carolina. Genre/Form Biographies. Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 98019680 ISBN 9781643361208 1643361201 1423745051 9781423745051

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