For her contributions to South Carolina, Eliza Lucas was the first woman to be inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. In 1753 she presented the Princess of Wales with a dress made of silk from Lucas plantations.

The Journal and Letters of Eliza Lucas was published in 1850.

Thanks to zizzy's clip for the idea: http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D00FFD2E-90D1-4FFF-900F-A9AC1FB0F4CE/

a photograph of Eliza Lucas with her husband: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~go2will/lucas/photos/elizaandherbert.gif

Another interesting clip. Where do you get your ideas for clips or maybe I should ask, how do you pick a topic.