Women making history in Greenville today

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting women in Greenville making history through their work happening right now.

Downtown Greenville

We’re celebrating the women who make Greenville great. | Photo by @sonerakbas_

March is Women’s History Month, and though I am quick to highlight women like Eugenia Duke, who made history in the past, I also want to spotlight the women making an impact in Greenville now that will last well into the future.

Nominations opened yesterday, and we’ll be spotlighting some of your picks throughout the month — so, keep them coming.

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Nominated by Senior Newsletter Editor Danielle Johnson | Photo by Table 301

When you dine at a Table 301 restaurant, you’re experiencing a world that Katie had a heavy hand in crafting. As the Creative Director, she made decisions like the plate you’re eating from, the font on the menu, and the materials surrounding you to create the ambiance you enjoy when you go out to eat.

Katie also serves on the board of the Julie Valentine Center, is an active Furman University alumna, was a Forty under 40 honoree, and was a member of Leadership Greenville Class 51.

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Redmond recently shared a poem in honor of Rev. Jesse Jackson. | Photo by Community Journals

Nominated by Christiana Doucette, Glenis Redmond is the current (and first) poet laureate of Greenville. She records Greenville’s past and our present through her poetry with recent collections “The Song of Everything & Over Yonder,” highlighting SC State Parks.

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