I am speaking of Elizabeth (Eliza) Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793). At the age of 16, she was left with the responsibility of managing her father’s three plantations. The job she did at that tender ...

To fully appreciate the work of Madame Magar, a small-batch label from textile artist and designer Leigh Magar, you first need to know about Eliza Lucas Pinckney. Pinckney has been credited as one ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Eliza Lucas Pinckney Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution announced Tuesday the donation of over 300 stuffed animals to be ...

I couldn’t change the fact that I was a woman.” Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793) revolutionized Colonial American agriculture by successfully cultivating commercial indigo dye production in ...

The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn will host "Eliza Pinckney's Indigo" at 2 p.m. June 18 and 20. Learn about Eliza Lucas Pinckney's role in bringing indigo to the Carolinas in the 1730s.

Perhaps it will last another 260 years. The 18th-century silk, sack-back gown belonged to Eliza Lucas Pinckney, who at 16 moved to South Carolina from Antigua and oversaw the operation of three ...

Eliza Lucas Pinckney is credited with experimenting in how to grow and produce indigo in the Lowcountry. Following Pinckney’s success, indigo became the second major export of the Carolinas from ...

Visitors will learn about the life of a Lowcountry planter Eliza Lucas Pinckney who is best known for growing and producing indigo. The program will be held outdoors-weather permitting.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)—The Charleston Museum will conserve two 18th-century garments from the Pinckney family, in collaboration with the Eliza Lucas Pinckney Chapter, National Society Daughters ...