Which Southern Woman Are You?
Which Southern Woman Are You?
Take this short quiz to find out which historic lady of the South you most resemble.
Take this short quiz to find out which historic lady of the South you most resemble.
Which Southern beverage do you prefer?
Which Southern delicacy would you most like to eat right now?
Which Southern city beckons?
Which of these Southern women would you most likely play on the jukebox?
Which of these Southern actresses do you miss seeing the most?
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Author and civil rights activist from Putnam County, Georgia. She is best known for her novel "The Color Purple" which was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1982.
Anita Pollitzer
Anita Pollitzer
Suffragist from Charleston, South Carolina. Joined the militant Nation Women's Party in 1916 and played a key role in the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Went on to serve as National Chairman of the NWP from 1945 to 1949.
Modjeska Simkins
Modjeska Simkins
Civil rights activist from Columbia, South Carolina. Secretary of the South Carolina NAACP from 1941 to 1957. During this time she worked closely with other activists in the Clarendon County case Briggs v. Elliott which was combined with several other lawsuits into Brown v. Board of Education.
Ella Baker
Ella Baker
Civil rights activist from Norfolk, Virginia. Beginning in the 1930s, her activism spanned three decades. She worked with the NAACP, SCLC, and SNCC, focusing on grassroots organizing (rather than professional leadership) and participatory democracy.
Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist from Tryon, North Carolina. She is well-known for her bitter criticism of segregation in the United States and her support of black power, explicit in songs like "Mississippi Goddamn" and "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black."
The Fabulous Moolah
The Fabulous Moolah
Professional wrestler from Kershaw County, South Carolina. She won the NWA World Women's Championship in 1956 and held on to the title off and on for decades. She's rumored to have dated Hank Williams, Sr, and had a running feud with Cyndi Lauper in the 1980s.
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
Southern writer who spent most of her life in Milledgeville, Georgia, writing dark stories about the South. She is best known for her short story collection "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." "Collected Stories" won the the National Book Award in 1972.
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Country music singer from Butcher Holler, Kentucky. She is well -known for singing about her home and her distinct perspective as a woman in country music. Some of her most popular songs are "Coal Miner's Daughter," "The Pill," "One's on the Way," and Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man," a duet with Conway Twitty.