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The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the commonwealth of Kentucky. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Kentucky. The list of names should be ...
Rachel Catherine Roberts (born July 16, 1973) is an American politician and businesswoman who served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, the first woman ever to hold the 67th district seat. Roberts assumed office on March 3, 2020.
The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district, except when necessary to preserve the principle of equal representation. [2]
She was unopposed in the general election on November 8, 2016, and became the first African American woman to serve in the Kentucky General Assembly since 2000. [4] Her committee assignments include Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs, Judiciary, Natural Resources & Energy, and Education.
Kentucky's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Republicans, and its six representatives: five Republicans and one Democrat. The current dean of the Kentucky delegation is Representative and Dean of the House Hal Rogers of the 5th district, having served in the House since 1981.
The original text written by suffragist Alice Paul reads: Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. [2] October 12, 1971 – The House of Representatives passes the ERA. [1]
Laura Clay (February 9, 1849 – June 29, 1941), co-founder and first president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association, was a leader of the American women's suffrage movement. She was one of the most important suffragists in the South, favoring the states' rights approach to suffrage.
Kentucky Equal Rights Association (KERA) was the first permanent statewide women's rights organization in Kentucky. Founded in November 1888, the KERA voted in 1920 to transmute itself into the Kentucky League of Women Voters to continue its many and diverse progressive efforts on behalf of women's rights.