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Emily Geiger risked her life by serving as a messenger for the Colonial Army during the Revolutionary War.

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Susan Pringle Frost was the first president of the Charleston Equal Suffrage League and worked for equal voting rights for women and for preserving endangered Charleston properties.

In October 1993, Maj. Gen. Irene Trowell-Harris became the first female African American general in the 357 year history of the National Guard.