Western Kentucky

Hannah E. Brooks - Reform
Nannie R. Catlett - Education
Mayor Karen Cunningham - Public Service
Joan Dance - Art
Clara Eagle - Art
Katherine Garrett - Business
Caroline Gordon - Literature
Florence Henderson - Performing Arts
Patty Smith Hill - Music
bell hooks - Literature
Alice DeArmond Jones - Music
Rep. Louise Gasser Kirtley - Law
Sarah Gertrude Knott - Music
Helen La France - Art
Mildred Summers Lucas - Law
Judge Janice Reed Martin - Law
Bobbie Ann Mason - Literature
Barclay McCoy - Business
Rep. Alice “Dolly” McNutt - Public Service
Alma Randolph - Reform
Addie Talbott - Education
Mary Sue Whayne - Reform
Mary Wheeler - Music
Corinne Whitehead - Reform
Emily Wolfson - Art
Mary Yeiser - Art

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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