ELIZABETH TIMOTHY

ON OR NEAR THIS SPOT
"ON THE BAY, NEAR VENDUE RANGE,"
ELIZABETH TIMOTHY
IN 1738 BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER
IN AMERICA WHEN SHE TOOK OVER PUBLICATION OF THE
SOUTH CAROLINA GAZETTE
UPON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, LEWIS TIMOTHY. SHE
CONTINUED TO PUBLISH THE PAPER UNTIL 1746 WHEN HER SON,
PETER TIMOTHY, CAME OF AGE AND SUCCEEDED HER.
THIS PLAQUE IN HER HONOR WAS ERECTED MARCH 14, 1981
BY THE LOWCOUNTRY CHAPTER,
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, SIGMA DELTA CHI.