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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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
The Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs (KFWC) was created in July 1894, when several women met in Lexington to form the group. [2] It was the fourth state federation of women's clubs to become affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC). [1] The club has held annual meetings since the first one in 1985 at Richmond. [3] By ...
Thelma Loyace Stovall (née Hawkins; April 1, 1919 – February 4, 1994) was a pioneering American politician in the state of Kentucky. In 1949, she won election as state representative for Louisville and served three consecutive terms. Over the next two decades, Stovall was elected Kentucky State Treasurer twice and Secretary of State of ...
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]
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 ...