Grace Beacham Freeman (February 18, 1916 – October 28, 2002) was an American poet, columnist, short story writer and educator.
She wrote a syndicated column "At Our House" from 1954 to 1964 and was named by Governor Richard Wilson Riley as the fourth South Carolina Poet Laureate from 1985 to 1986.
[3] Freeman's poetry career started early when she had a poem published in a school literary journal named The Scribbler.
[1] Freeman was active in the American Association of University Women and was on the executive board of the Rock Hill, South Carolina, Branch, 1961–1962.
[3] Apart from book form, some of Freeman's poetry as also appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, The New Republic, The South Carolina Review,[10] and other magazines.
[6] Much of her early letters, manuscripts and other materials (up to 1977) were donated by Freeman to Winthrop University's Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections.