Women in S.C.'s boardrooms?

A Journal special report finds that's not the case

JULY 19, 2010 6:00 a.m. (1)

Nancy Hedrick is unique as chief executive officer of Computer Software Innovations of Easley.

In a Journal survey of 2009 CEO compensation of 39 publicly traded companies based in South Carolina, Hedrick stands out as the only woman holding the top corporate job.  Continue reading...

 

A cause, a cure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 12:30 p.m. (0)

Leslie Crews’ husband found it on Labor Day 2006.

A lump, no bigger than a marble, beneath her arm.  Continue reading...

 

Converse bucks national trend

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 2:36 p.m. (0)

When classes at Converse College started this week, 214 new undergraduate students were on campus.

The 195 freshmen and 18 transfers from other colleges and universities represent the most first-year students the women’s college has had in 14 years.

Converse’s experience is at odds with that of the nation. During the past 40 years, more than three-quarters of women’s colleges have closed, merged or gone co-educational.  Continue reading...

 

22 Women Gone

The Journal investigates female murder victims and the growing number of husband/boyfriend perpetrators

OCTOBER 10, 2011 11:28 a.m. (0)

Traci Grant died sitting in a kitchen chair in her Simpsonville home.

Shivani Boparai’s six-year-old son showed officers to a bathroom, where he found his mother stabbed to death.

Allison Cross died with her mother in a bedroom of her mother’s home.  Continue reading...