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The Kentucky Commission on Women receives nominations and selects two to four honorees each year to be included. The exhibit includes famous Kentucky musicians Loretta Lynn and Rosemary Clooney as well as civic leaders Mae Street Kidd and Georgia Davis Powers. [1] Governor Edward T. Breathitt established a commission on the status of Kentucky ...
Amelia Tucker, first African-American woman to serve in the Kentucky House of Representatives (1961–1963) John Yarmuth , U.S. Representative from Louisville, 2007–present; founder of the alt-weekly Louisville Eccentric Observer
61st Governor of Kentucky; 49th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and Attorney General of Kentucky Born in Dawson Springs: Louis Brandeis (1856–1941) US Supreme Court Justice [40] Born and reared in Louisville [40] John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875) Vice President of the United States [41] Born just outside Lexington [41] John Y. Brown Jr ...
These women are doing great things and leading by example. The post The 16 Most Inspiring Women Alive Today appeared first on Reader's Digest.
The Thoroughbred farm has produced 10 Kentucky Derby winners. The farm bears the name of the great-grandsire of Man-O-War, widely regarded as the best racehorse of all time. The horse ran 21 races ...
2001, named one of the thirty most-powerful women in America by the Ladies' Home Journal. since 2004, frequently selected for the annual Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women which reported that, between June 2005 and June 2008, she made approximately $12 million, [26] solely from entertainment income.
First Lady of Greece; ex-wife of Prime Minister of Greece Andreas Papandreou, women's rights activist, writer, author and columnist [204] Mary Morello: F: October 1, 1923: 101 years, 96 days: American: Free speech activist [205] Kim Yaroshevskaya: F: October 1, 1923: 101 years, 96 days: Russian-born Canadian: Actress [206] Surindra Nath Sharma ...
Colonel Martha Layne Collins (née Hall; born December 7, 1936) is an American former businesswoman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky; she served as the state's 56th governor from 1983 to 1987, the first woman to hold the office and the only one to date.