Virginia Durant Young

Virginia Durant Young
Photo of Virginia Durant Young from the March 13, 1904 issue of The State (newspaper)
Born10 March 1842
Georgetown, South Carolina
Died2 November 1906 (aged 64)
Occupations
  • suffragist
  • temperance activist
  • author
  • journalist
  • newspaper editor and owner

Virginia Durant Covington Young (10 March 1842 – 2 November 1906) was an American suffragist, temperance activist, author, as well as a journalist,[1] newspaper editor and owner. After serving as editor of South Carolina's Fairfax Enterprise weekly newspaper, Young became the newspaper's sole owner in 1899.[2] Her work for women's suffrage in South Carolina was widely recognized, though South Carolinian women gained the right to vote years after Young's death.

  1. ^ Spruill, Marjorie Julian; Littlefield, Valinda W.; Johnson, Joan Marie (1 January 2010). South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2938-3. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Young, Virginia Durant Covington - South Carolina Encyclopedia". South Carolina Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2018-11-06.