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The Kentucky Foundation for Women is a 501(c)3 private, independent foundation that was established in 1985 by author Sallie Bingham [2] of Louisville, Kentucky. At the time, Ms. Bingham's philanthropic gift of $10 million was the largest endowment to any women's fund in the United States.
The Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs (KFWC) is a community and civic umbrella organization for women in Kentucky. It was founded in 1894 and is affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC). [1] The KFWC helped bring about various reforms in Kentucky and expanded educational opportunities to citizens.
Lynnland Female Institute was a private women's liberal arts college located in Glendale, Kentucky, a small community in Hardin County. The campus was originally located near the historic Louisville and Nashville Railroad midway between Glendale and the Nolin Station. It is one of the oldest women's colleges in Kentucky.
The campus was expanded to include East Hall which included dormitory rooms and a dining hall. [13] [14] [8] Morgan Hall was added around 1914; it house the college's library. [8] [15] The campus also featured an aesthetic garden. [16] Morgan Hall, East Hall, and West Hall of Kentucky College for Women, Danville, Kentucky, c. 1914
Instead, this list showcases Kentucky women and their roles in civil rights efforts after the 19th Amendment (1920) - including actions to enhance civil liberties in the U.S. - and up through the first stirrings of the Women's Liberation Movement that emerged from the Civil Rights Movement. [4]
Nannie H. Burroughs born on May 2, 1879, in Orange, Virginia.She is considered to be the eldest of the daughters of John and Jennie Burroughs. Around the time she was five years old, Nannie's youngest sisters died and her father, who was a farmer and Baptist preacher, died a few years later.
The pillars outside the main entrance of the campus still show "Sayre College." In 1947 the high school grades were discontinued, and the boarding rooms were leased to the University of Kentucky . In 1961 an English teacher from Lafayette High School, Donn D. Hollingsworth, was appointed headmaster and the high school was reinstated, in ...
This is a list under development of missing articles on women who are (or have been) notable for their activities and work in Kentucky. Activists Henrietta Bada , Pediatrician, advocate for neonates and for people addicted to drugs, Filipino immigrant, and pioneer in her field: CV , Research Gate , physician profile , Linkedin , news 1 , news 2 ...