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Kentucky Equal Rights Association, formed on November 22, 1888. [4] Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs. [5] Kentucky Woman Suffrage Association (KWSA). [5] Louisville Equal Rights Association (LERA), formed in 1889, later changed name to the Woman Suffrage Association of Louisville in 1908. [6] Madison County Equal Rights Association. [7]
Kentucky Women: Two Centuries of Indomitable Spirit and Vision. Kentucky: Big Tree Press. ISBN 0965985806. Theriot, Janice (1994). Tradition of Service: A History of the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs. Louisville, Kentucky: Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs. Wright, George C. (1992).
Lewis C. Robards (fl. 1848–1855) was a 19th-century American slave trader of Lexington, Kentucky.He had an unscrupulous reputation as a dealer, and he was widely known for his "special" offerings: fancy girls, meaning young, light-skinned enslaved women and girls offered for sexual exploitation.
Madeline (Madge) McDowell Breckinridge (May 20, 1872 – November 25, 1920) was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement in Kentucky. She married Desha Breckinridge, editor of the Lexington Herald, which advocated women's rights, and she lived to see the women of Kentucky vote for the first time in the presidential election of 1920.
Pen pals of over 60 years Emily Conn and Brenda Stowe went viral on social media after meeting one another for the first time. 2 women are pen pals for 60 years but have never met — until one ...
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
The first meeting of the League of American Pen Women was organized in 1897 by Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue, a writer for newspapers in Washington D.C. and Boston. Together with Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton they established a "progressive press union" for the women writers of Washington." [2]
Kentucky Women Remembered is an exhibit in the Kentucky State Capitol that honors the contributions of women from the Commonwealth. The exhibit consists of over 60 watercolor portraits of outstanding Kentucky women. The Kentucky Commission on Women receives nominations and selects two to four honorees each year to be included.