The story of Harriet Keyserling, a Jew from New York who moved to South Carolina in 1944. In the conservative, Christian southern town of Beaufort she was an outsider, yet her passion for politics drove her on until, at the age of 55, she was elected to the state General Assembly.
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The story of Harriet Keyserling, a Jew from New York who moved to South Carolina in 1944. In the conservative, Christian southern town of Beaufort she was an outsider, yet her passion for politics drove her on until, at the age of 55, she was elected to the state General Assembly.
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Very good in Very good jacket. xviii, [2], 388 pages. Illustrations. Index. Inscribed by Author on title page. Foreword by Richard W. Riley. Pencil erasure residue on half-title. Foreword by Richard W. Riley who was Secretary of Education at the time this book was published. Previously he had served in the South Carolina state legislature and as its governor. After helping to organize a Beaufort branch of the League of Women Voters, Harriet Keyserling, a Democrat, was elected to the Beaufort County Council in 1974 and became its first female member. Two years later, she became the first Beaufort County woman elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. She represented House District 124 for 16 years before retiring. In the House she became known as a champion of women's issues and focused on energy, nuclear waste, education and the arts. 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.
