Southern Kentucky

Sophia Kindrick Alcorn - Education
Harriette Arnow - Literature
Joy Bale Boone - Literature
Jamison Brumm - Art
Catherine Carpenter - Business
Willa Beatrice Brown Chappell - Military
Ollie Childress - Art
Jane Todd Crawford - Health/Medicine
Emma Guy Cromwell - Public Service
Laura Ellen Derry - Law
Alice Allison Dunnigan - Journalism
Janice Holt Giles - Literature
Lois Gray - Business
Judge Margaret Huddleston - Law
Robin Hunt - Business
Virginia Ivey - Art
Julia Ann Marcum - Military
Sen. Carolyn Conn Moore - Public Service
Eldress Nancy Moore - Religion
Eliza Calvert Obenchain - Reform
Pearl Carter Pace - Law
Audrey Whitlock Peterson - Sports
Ora Framer Porter - Health/Medicine
Annie Potts - Performing Arts
Sarah Frances Price - Science
Sarah Richardson - Health/Medicine
Diane Sawyer - Journalism
Lt. Col. Linda Smith - Law
Thelma Stovall - Public Service
Caroline Burnam Taylor - Business
Esther Whitley - Pioneer
Reverend Louisa Woosley - Religion

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A. What

Art
Business
Education
Health/Medicine
Journalism
Law
Literature
Military
Music
Performing Arts
Pioneer
Public Service
Reform
Religion
Science
Sports

B. When

View a selected history of women
View a selected history of women
Sounds and images
Civil War Diaries

C. Where

Central / Northern Kentucky
Western Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky
Southern Kentucky

D.Resources

Links
Selected Readings
Educational Tools
Web tools
Archival Collections
Children's Books

E. About this Project

Women in Sports:

Minnie Adkins
Elizabeth Barret, Anne Lewis, Mimi Pickering, & Justine Richardson
Jane Burch Cochran
Joan Dance
Enid Yandell

Women in Business:

Nelda Barton-Collings
Julia Dinsmore
Laura Freeman
Mattie Mack
Lena Madesin Phillips
Caroline Burnam Taylor

Women in Education:

Helen Lew Lang
Katherine Pettit
Jane Stephenson
Cora Wilson Stewart

Women in Health/Medicine:

Mary Britton
Linda Neville
Ora Framer Porter
Louise Southgate, M.D.

Women in Journalism:

Linda Boileau
Alice Allison Dunnigan

Women in Law:

Pearl Carter Pace
Lt. Colonel Linda Smith

Women in Literature:

Effie Waller Smith

Women in Military:

Lt. Anna Mac Clarke
Capt. Helen Horlacher Evans
Julia Ann Marcum

Women in Music:

Sarah Ogan Gunning
Helen Humes
Lily May Ledford
Reel World String Band
Jean Ritchie
Mary Wheeler

Women as Pioneers:

Esther Whitley

Women in Public Service:

Governor Martha Layne Collins
Emma Guy Cromwell
Rep. Mary Elliott Flanery
Sen. Georgia Davis Powers
Lt. Gov. Thelma Stovall

Women in Reform:

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
Laura Clay
Eula Hall
Josephine Henry
Belinda Mason
Lois Morris
Eliza Caroline Calvert Obenchain
Charlotte Richardson
Joan Robinett
Mary Sue Whayne
Corinne Whitehead
Evelyn Williams

Women in Religion:

Eldress Nancy Moore
Rabbi Gaylia Rooks

Women in Science:

Sarah Frances Price
Ellen Churchill Semple

Women in Sports:

Terri Cecil-Ramsey
Geri Grigsby
Audrey Whitlock Peterson
Mary T. Meagher Plant