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Contributor to Mississippi Business Journal. Columnist for the Jackson, Mississippi, Clarion-Ledger. It is a book that blends a "message of empowerment with earthy dating tips and paeans to the world's best Margarita mix," as Newsweek writer Peg Tyer described the work. The books all owe their titles, if not content, to an idea Browne had in

Sweet Potato Queens

Sweet Potato Queens is a women's organization based in Jackson, Mississippi, that has over six thousand registered chapters in over twenty countries.[1]

Organization

The Sweet Potato Queens concept has been explained and made popular by a series of books by Jill Conner Browne, born in Tupelo and raised in Jackson, who came up with the concept in [2] (Browne is the author of a number of books which form the backbone of the Sweet Potato Queen "movement.") It involves a faith in a sisterhood that promotes self-esteem and positive thinking, appealing to mostly middle-aged middle-class women.

As John Ray, the ordering manager at Politics and Prose in Washington once said of the Sweet Potato Queen books, "they began to empower women."[3] In , almost ten thousand women dressed up in costumes and came to Jackson for the annual Hal and Mal's St.

Patrick’s Day parade, proceeds from which benefited a local children’s hospital.

Each local chapter assumes its own theme and designs its own costumes. Some of the chapters participate in parades and fund-raisers in their local communities.

Chapters

Each chapter, of which there are over 6, of various sizes,[1] assumes its own theme and designs its own costumes. Some of the chapters participate in parades and fundraisers in their local communities.

In , almost ten thousand women from the chapters dressed up in costume and came to Jackson for their St Patrick's Day parade, proceeds from which benefited a children’s hospital in the area.

Sweet Potato Queens is a women's group based in Jackson, Mississippithat has over six thousand registered chapters in over twenty countries. The Sweet Potato Queens concept has been explained and made trendy by a series of books by Jill Conner Browneborn in Tupelo and raised in Jackson, who came up with the idea in Each local chapter assumes its own theme and designs its own costumes. Some of the chapters participate in parades and fund-raisers in their local communities.

Sweet Tea Queens

The Sweet Tea Queens is a chapter based in Spartanburg, South Carolina.[4] It was founded by Carolyn "Boss Queen" Steinecke.[4] The Sweet Tea Queens are among the most active of chapters.[4] The members come from all walks of life including a pilot, a comptroller, teacher’s aides, nurses and artists.[4] The Adorable Tea Queens have appeared at festivals and events to elevate funds for charity.

They hold their own float to ferry them through local parades.[5] When they appear on behalf of charity organizations at fundraising events, they often staff a booth or run a contest. Among the parades on the STQ participate in are the Cowpens, South Carolina "Mighty Moo parade",[6] the Gaffney, South Carolina Peach Festival,[6] Spartanburg Spring Fling,[6]Hendersonville, North Carolina's King Apple parade, and a number of upstate South Carolina Christmas parades.

They contain appeared in feature articles in the Spartanburg Herald Journal,[4]South Carolina Magazine,[7]Travel and Leisure,[8]Belle magazine[9] and others.[10] They have also been guests on WSPA-FM's morning display a number of times as well as being featured in Episode eight of Charter Cable's Talk Of The Town show.[11]

Sweet Potato Queen Books written by Jill Conner Browne

  • Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love (Jan 19, )
  • God Save the Sweet Potato Queens (Jan 9, )
  • The Lovely Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner (Jan 7, )
  • Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men: Every Man I Admire Is Either Married, Gay, or Dead (Oct 5, )
  • The Adorable Potato Queens' Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide (Dec 27, )
  • The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn't Actually Do, but Could Have, and May Yet (Jan 2, )
  • The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit (Jan 1, )
  • American Thighs: The Adorable Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets (Dec 30, )
  • Fat is the New The Pleasant Potato Queens' Guide to Coping with (the crappy parts of) Life (March 20, )

References

  1. ^ abSweet Potato Queens Chapters
  2. ^CBS News, Suggestion From Sweet Potato Queens
  3. ^USA Today, Tour fit for a Nice Potato Queen
  4. ^ abcdeDebra Lester (March 17, ).

    "Southern belles gone Bad Sweat Tea Queens produce their pilgrimage to Jackson, Miss., with film crew following…". Spartanburg Herald-Journal.

    Her first book sold overcopies and had to proceed to press fourteen times. Inshe entered herself, along with four of her friends, in the Jackson, Mississippi St. They threw, yes, you guessed it, kind potatoes to their not-so-adoring fans Browne. Browne keeps herself grounded by continuing to write her weekly humorous fitness column for the Clarion-Ledgerthe newspaper of Jackson, Mississippi.

    Archived from the imaginative on Retrieved March 17, . Additional archives:

  5. ^Leigh Kelley (September 8, ). "Love of neighbors, nation on parade". Times-News Online. Archived from the original on
  6. ^ abcWarren Turner (July 10, ).

    ""Americans United" theme of Peach Festival parade". The Gaffney Ledger.

    Mississippi Legends: Jill Conner Browne - Magnolia Tribune: Jill Connor Morris (Browne) ( - d.) - Genealogy. Known for her memorable comic prose, Tupelo native Jill Conner Browne is most famous for her Pleasant Potato Queens series, which has garnered national attention and brought new interest into the genre of wry, coquettish southern humor.

    Retrieved March 17,

  7. ^"Sequins, Tiaras & Sweet Tea in Spartanburg". South Carolina Magazine. January Archived from the original on
  8. ^Shane Mitchell (June 15, ).

    "Carolina On My Mind". Travel & Leisure. Retrieved March 17,

  9. ^"The Sweet Tea Queens". Belle Magazine.

    Jill Conner Browne Jill Conner Browne is the multiple 1 New York Times bestselling creator of nine Sweet Potato Queens books and has created a global phenomenon: 6, chapter groups in 37 countries, based on her world-view and philosophy as recounted through these raucous, rollicking, and riotously funny essays. Sharp men and women understand that the sassy, bawdy, down-to-earth humor is just the vehicle by which the greater message gets conveyed. If she had recognizable about it, she would acquire been much too afraid to try. She has had zero formal training and the only actual encouragement that she got was from Nancy Graham, her seventh grade English teacher, and Beth Jones, a dear confidant that also taught English.

    April Archived from the original on

  10. ^Jonathan Rich (August 31, ). "Festival parade is 'sweet'". Times-News. Hendersonville, NC. Archived from the original on &#; via Navy Ridge Now.
  11. ^"Episode 8: Talk of the Town".

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