Tag Archives: Harriet Hancock

Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home (Happy Pride!)

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Sheila Morris

In June, 2017 I shared my excitement about the upcoming publication of Southern Perspectives – the cover was all I had back then – but I could see the finish line of a very long journey. Two years later I am … Continue reading →

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wonder women – southern style (part II)

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Sheila Morris

A politician/philanthropist from Faith, North Carolina who settled in Charleston; an attorney who moved to Columbia from Key West, Florida; a midlands YWCA executive director from Detroit, Michigan — three women whose different, yet similar, stories were chronicled in Southern … Continue reading →

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wonder women – southern style (Part I)

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Sheila Morris

Don’t get me wrong. The men whose stories were included in Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home are just as important as these women I celebrate today, but it is Women’s History Month after all. As I wrote … Continue reading →

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holy moly – it’s a podcast!

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Sheila Morris

https://libraryvoices.podbean.com/e/sheila-morris-episode-74/ Thanks so very much to Dr. Curtis Rogers, Communications Director for the South Carolina State Library, for inviting me to participate on his podcast – the opportunity was the icing on the cake following the fun panel presentation at the … Continue reading →

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HAPPY PRIDE!

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Sheila Morris

Thanks to my Wells Fargo ATM machine for wishing me a Happy Pride Month when I stopped by today to make a cash withdrawal. My first thought was to wonder how the machine knew I was a lesbian? Seriously. I … Continue reading →

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USC Upstate – here we come!

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Sheila Morris

The Eighth Biennial Bodies of Knowledge Symposium will be held this week at USC Upstate April 9 – 11. The theme for this year’s symposium is Creating a Better World for LGBTQ people. You gotta love it. Tomorrow morning (Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Harriet Hancock, Ed Madden, Alvin McEwen and Tom Summers – join us at Deckle Edge this weekend!

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Sheila Morris

I am really thrilled to be with four other contributors to Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home this coming Saturday at the Deckle Edge Literary Festival in the Richland library in downtown Columbia. Harriet Hancock, Ed Madden, Alvin … Continue reading →

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moving on down the road…to Charleston!

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Sheila Morris

l. to r. Harriet Hancock, Sheila Morris, Pat Patterson, Nekki Shutt photo courtesy Darlene Williams Not pictured here are panelists Alvin McEwen, Dr. Ed Madden and moderator/organizer Dr. David Snyder who did a super job of asking questions that addressed … Continue reading →

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The Suspense is Making Me Crazy

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Sheila Morris

The long one-day wait is over, and the Judge has made her final selections; but this year’s entries were so extraordinary she decided to publish the Top Ten in both categories. Drum roll, please. Announcing the winners in the 2015 … Continue reading →

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