Eliza Lucas
American planter and agriculturalist (1722–1793) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eliza Pinckney (née Elizabeth Lucas; December 28, 1722 – May 27, 1793)[1] transformed agriculture in colonial South Carolina, where she developed indigo as one of its most important cash crops. Its cultivation and processing as dye produced one-third the total value of the colony's exports before the Revolutionary War. The manager of three plantations,[2] Eliza Pinckney had a major influence on the colonial economy. During the 20th century, Eliza Pinckney was the first woman to be inducted into South Carolina's Business Hall of Fame.[citation needed]