Download or read book Pioneers of the Old South (Illustrated) written by Mary Johnston and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the successful Chronicle series, Mary Johnston's 1918 narrative tackles the formation of the southern British colonies in what would later be the United States. She gives a detailed account of the establishment of the founding of Maryland, the Carolinas, Georgia, and in particular: Virginia. Mary Johnston was a well-known suffragette, and her analysis of gender issues during the peak of her political activity, just two years before women won the right to vote.