Charleston Women In Real Estate 2017

C H A R L E S T ON ’ S 2 0 1 7 Women I N R E A L E S TAT E www.ChsWomenInRE.com | CharlestonWomenInRE.com | CharlestonWomenInRealEstate.com WIRE Hartnett at the helm. Edith Corry was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, moving to Charleston with her husband. She worked at several clerical jobs before earning her real estate license in 1956. Corry became an agent of Calhoun Real Estate, which quickly grew to be one of the most active agencies in Charleston. Corry subsequently opened her own business, using the Calhoun name. In 1965, she and her husband purchased the William Ravenel mansion at 13 East Bay St., which was, at the time, the most expensive property in Charleston. Teena Martindale, who serves as the director of professional standards for the Charleston Trident Board of Realtors, relates this about her mother: Jane Williams ran a steamship agency, a male-dominated business – she was the only woman in the business on the East Coast, in fact. When she left this job in the 1950s, the company replaced her with a man at double her former salary. Williams vowed that if she ever went to work again, it would be on commission so she could be paid what she was really worth. She turned to real estate and worked with Edith Corry at Calhoun Realty in the 1960s before opening Jane Williams Realty West of the Ashley. Williams became active in the real estate community and was the first woman president of the Charleston Board of Realtors in 1980. Martindale explained that women who were single parents or military wives found real estate to be a satisfying and lucrative profession during the 1960s, when Toddy Poore also gravitated to the business. She worked for Max Hill before going out on her own. Poore has been active for five decades and a million- 1947 Catherine Hartnett founded Hartnett Realty, later becoming the chairman of South Carolina’s Real Estate Commission. 1980 Jane Williams was the first female president of the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors. 1956 Edith Corry earned her real estate license. She would later buy and sell the William Ravenel Mansion and become a prominent local philanthropist. Edith Corry and her husband purchased the William Ravenel mansion, which, at the time, was the most expensive property in Charleston. Toddy Poore started selling real estate in 1962. One year she led all Charleston agents with $153,348.42 in sales.