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December 10

2010: Harriet Keyserling, who, as a champion for women’s issues, represented Beaufort for 16 years state legislature, died of kidney failure at Beaufort Memorial Hospital at the age of 88. She was elected to Beaufort County Council in 1975. Then from 1977 to 1993, Keyserling spent her time in Columbia focused on energy, nuclear waste, the arts, education, women’s rights and ending the filibuster in the House. She was the mother of longtime Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling.

– Compiled by Mike McCombs

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