Louisa Bouknight Poppenheim
American women's rights activist
Louisa Bouknight Poppenheim (1866-1957) was a clubwoman born in South Carolina during the Progressive Era. Poppenheim was co-owner and editor of the Keystone, a magazine used to promote southern clubwomen culture through club news, stories, book reviews, and other works relating to southern women's traditions.
Early life and education
Louisa Bouknight Poppenheim was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1866. Her mother was Mary Elinor Bouknight, and her father was Christopher Pritchard Poppenheim, an American Civil War Confederate soldier turned agricultural merchant. There father moved to charleston after the civil war and opened a dry goods store. During her childhood, Poppenheim was enrolled at the Charleston Female Seminary, and she also worked with various tutors throughout her time as a young girl. Lousia attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, alongside her sister Mary Barnett Poppenheim. It is at Vassar College where Louisa gained numerous leadership skills, along with knowledge regarding women's rights and limited women's suffrage. She graduated from Vassar in 1889 and returned to South Carolina.
Career
Poppenheim became a very prominent leader in the clubwomen movement, Poppenheim works very closely with her sister Mary.
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