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A Simple Justice: Kentucky Women Fight for the Vote. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813180175. Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company. Wheeler, Marjorie Spruill (1993). New Women of the New South: The Leaders of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the Southern ...
Women had leadership roles in the state and local branches. Osceola A. Dawson served as secretary to the Kentucky NAACP and Audrey Grevious was the president of the Lexington Chapter. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Other accomplishments within the NAACP included the first woman prosecutor in Kentucky (1964), Alberta Jones, who also was the first African ...
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.
James Hay was founded in 1979 and incorporated in 1990 before becoming part of Abbey National (now Santander UK) in 1994.In 2010, Santander sold James Hay to its current parent, the IFG Group PLC, for a reported £35m.
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.
Hay, Melba Porter (2009). Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the Battle for a New South. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2532-9. Hollingsworth, Randolph (2004). Lexington: Queen of the Bluegrass. New Jersey: Arcadia Pub. ISBN 0-7385-2466-2. Klotter, James C. (2006). The Breckinridges of Kentucky. Lexington ...
Decker attended Eastern Kentucky University where she was a majorette for four years and member of Kappa Delta Tau, Sigma Tau Delta, and the Wesley Foundation. [2] She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1978 and Master of Arts in 1980, graduating with distinction both times. [3]
Though the Kentucky General Assembly narrowly constructed the bill to give married women the some general rights to own property in Kentucky, this was an important milestone in the campaign for women's rights, including the franchise. Henry saw this as critical for the establishment of women's economic independence and the self-efficacy needed ...