Sad end to a remarkable woman

Once-revered lawmaker freezes to death alone: She was the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature

Juanita Goggins was an educator who went into politics and got ground-breaking education legislation passed. She was a trailblazer, an excellent role-model. But she became increasingly reclusive in recent years and refused help from others. After she was found in her home, dead of hypothermia, signs of dementia were found during the autopsy, which may have accounted for her situation. She sounds like a wonderful woman who had a lonely life towards the end. That's a shame. Yes, it was by choice, but it seems to have been an impaired one. Hopefully her work and her life will be remembered, though.