Women's Suffrage in Kentucky

By khylijett

  • Won to Vote on Tax and Education

    women who were heads of households and taxpayers won the right to vote on tax and education issues in rural areas in Kentucky

  • Louisville Vice President

    Virginia Penny of Louisville became vice president of the American Equal Rights Association

  • Mary Barr Clay - Louisville Conventions

    daughter of abolitionist, Cassius M. Clay, Mary Barr Clay helped bring the AWSA Annual convention to Louisville

  • Women Won School Suffrage

    women won school suffrage in Lexington, Newport, and Covington

  • Laura Clay - Suffrage Confrence

    Laura Clay, sister of Mary Clay and daughter of Casseus Clay of Kentucky, became vice president of the Southern States Women's Suffrage Conference, founded by Kate Gordon, to coordinate efforts across the south to win the votes in the states.

  • Kentucky Ratified the 19th Amendment

    women's sufferage was passed in Kentucky