Kentucky Suffrage Movement

By Ethan_Spencer
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    Key Events

  • Women who were heads of households won the right to vote

    Women who were heads of households and taxpayers won the right to vote on tax and education issues in rural areas of Kentucky in 1838, ten years before the Seneca Falls Convention.

  • Virginia Penny of became Vice-President of the American Equal Rights Association

  • Laura Clay becomes Vice President of the Southern States Women's Suffrage Conference

    In 1913, Laura Clay became Vice President of the Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference, founded by Kate Gordon, to coordinate efforts across the South to win the vote in the states.

  • The Kentucky Senate passed a Suffrage Amendment by a vote of 26 to 8

  • The Kentucky House failed to pass a Suffrage Amendment by a vote of 46 to 45

  • The ratification of the 19th ammendment

  • The 19th amendment was ratified