Underplayed Story of the Day: Juanita Goggins

[babylonsister]

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/03/11/underplayed-story-of-the-day-juanita-goggins/


Underplayed Story of the Day: Juanita Goggins
Posted by Karen Tumulty Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 3:06 pm




This one leaves me speechless:

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.

Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75, a solitary figure living in a rented house four miles from the gleaming Statehouse dome.

Goggins, whose achievements included key legislation on school funding, kindergarten and class size, had become increasingly reclusive. She spent her final years turning down help from neighbors who knew little of her history-making past. Her body was not discovered for more than a week.

Those neighbors, as well as former colleagues and relatives, are now left wondering whether they could have done more to help.

[BooBluePotion]

1. Her story is in the obituary section

I've heard nothing on the local news here but these papers and stations are run by the good old boys

[Jkid]

2. Local TV news: They're more interested in real entertaining news

Crime, Accidents, Scandal, Fires.

Real news is profitable, but its not profitable enough.

[BooBluePotion]

4. and Yesterday the Big Story was

A new highway ramp that will lead to our decrepit downtown.
Yippeee for joes underground cafe :(

[babylonsister]

5. Sounds like they don't want to advertise such 'unpleasantness'.

What a shame reality is so difficult to report on.

[lunatica]

3. Rest in peace ma'am.

My mother was very reclusive. I'm sure she would have died the same way if she hadn't been living with me. More than reclusive I think she was anti-social. She simply didn't want to bother with people or being social.