Charleston Women In Real Estate 2017

C H A R L E S T ON ’ S 2 0 1 7 Women I N R E A L E S TAT E www.ChsWomenInRE.com | CharlestonWomenInRE.com | CharlestonWomenInRealEstate.com WIRE THE PIONEERS For centuries, women have traditionally established and maintained homes but few ventured into the field of selling homes. Even when women sought paying jobs, they were typically clerical positions. But as the business of real estate grew, so did the female presence in the industry. Many of the earliest women in real estate also were suffragettes. Eulalie Chafee Salley of Aiken, South Carolina, entered the profession in order to finance her passion for womens’ rights. She capitalized on wealthy Women in Real Estate PROPERTY BY BARBARA MILLEN PATRICK Sisters Susan Frost and the men of the Charleston Real Estate Exchange. Established in 1906, it later became the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors. Photo cour tesy of the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors.

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