Whether she was fighting for women's rights, preserving the historical city of Charleston, or fascinating people with her outstanding leadership in organizations, Susan Pringle Frost was a remarkable woman. Although Frost did not spend her whole life in the South, she was both born into it and also became a memorable product of it.

Frost was born in a Charleston home in 1873. Her parents were very involved in raising her and her siblings, which provided lots of love, and encouragement to succeed. Susan Frost spent all of her childhood in Charleston until she went to Saint Mary's in North Carolina, which was an all female Episcopal boarding school. She attended for two years and then returned to Charleston. At this time, Susan lived a basic life as a southern woman. The probable key factor that changed her way of living was the hurricane of August 27, 1893.

After a family...