History professor Casey joins ‘Access Carolina’ to discuss book about purses

Furman University ‘s Kathleen B. Casey joins Margaret Burnquist of “Access Carolina” to discuss her new book, “The Things She Carried: A Cultural History of the Purse in America.” Casey, a professor of history and director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at Furman, shares the nuanced role purses played in the last 200 years. More than a fashion accessory, purses, bags and sacks were at the center of disruptive moments across time and quietly revealed issues surrounding privacy, gender, civil rights, autonomy and more. On the FOX Carolina show, Casey also shares an interactive timeline of the purse she and Oxford University Press crafted.