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SC Group Pushing for Women in Politics

(AP) _ A group trying to narrow South Carolina’s political gender gap wants to help the next governor put more women on boards and in charge of state agencies.    The nonpartisan Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics is seeking resumes of interested women. It has asked gubernatorial candidates to agree not to overlook qualified women in their appointments.   …

Jenny Sanford Encourages Women To Enter SC Politics

She may be in the midst of a divorce, but that’s not stopping first lady Jenny Sanford from sounding off on politics in our state. Speaking at a GOP luncheon in Charleston Thursday, the first lady told an audience of close to two hundred people that there are not enough women involved in South Carolina politics. Jenny Sanford filed for…