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Women Voters in Lexington and the Power of Kentucky School Suffrage, 1838-1902

Women Voters in Lexington and the Power of Kentucky School Suffrage, 1838-1902 . Randolph Hollingsworth, Ph.D. University of Kentucky. Kentucky & Woman Suffrage. 1 st statewide woman suffrage law in new nation - 1838 KY rural femmes sole

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Women Voters in Lexington and the Power of Kentucky School Suffrage, 1838-1902

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  1. Women Voters in Lexington and the Power of Kentucky School Suffrage, 1838-1902

    Randolph Hollingsworth, Ph.D.University of Kentucky
  2. Kentucky & Woman Suffrage 1st statewide woman suffrage law in new nation - 1838 KY rural femmes sole 1st time gender is federal condition for suffrage - 14thAmendment 1868 Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado women enfranchised by 1893 1891KY’s new constitution (its 4th) gives legislature power to extend only partial suffrage to women statewide
  3. KY Woman Rights Activists Lucy Stone AWSA meeting in Louisville 1881 => KY Woman Suffrage Assoc. – 1st in the South KY Woman’s Christian Temperance Union formed 1881, 1st convention in Lexington KY Equal Rights Assoc. 1888 formed out of Fayette Co ERA with broad platform of reform (not just the vote) 1894: Josephine Henry gets Married Woman’s Property Act signed into law; KY Federation of Women’s Clubs starts
  4. Lexington’sBlack Women Activists By 1860s: Howard School (“Ladies Hall”) on Church St; Talbott School on Upper St 1st in South: KY Negro Education Assoc. formed in 1877 – male administrators 1880s Mary Elizabeth Britton leads Lexington Woman’s Improvement Club 1894: Colored Orphan & Industrial Home opens Georgetown St – E Belle Jackson 1895: National Assoc. of Colored Women starts in Washington D.C.
  5. Lexington’s White Women Activists Lexington WCTU chapter starts 1886 - Francis Beauchamp broadens agenda to prison reform and juvenile courts Kentucky Equal Rights Association, 1888, Laura Clay & Henrietta Chenault Madeline McDowell Breckinridge Lexington Herald editorials, creates Associated Charities 1899, Women’s Emergency Comm. (1910 becomes Lexington Civic League)
  6. Rural Women Rebel Against Lexington Democratic Patronage for Schoolteachers Pricetown – petition Co. Superintendent M.A. Cassidy against removal of W.C.Taylor Cadentown – protest at schoolhouse door to stop new teacher Athens – parents warn off Andrew J. Peay who replaced Mary Mason, moved school to jailhouse Spring and Fall 1901
  7. 1901 Lexington Voting Precincts Precinct 19: Election booth on Indiana Ave. Registration Day 600+ voters Election Day 122 votes
  8. October 1901 Lexington Women Voter Registration, by Party Source: Lexington Leader, Morning Democrat, Lexington Herald (October 2, 1901)
  9. October 1901 Lexington Women Voter Registration, by Race Source: Morning Herald (October 2, 1901)
  10. Lexington School Board Voter Registrants vs. Election Returns 8,926Total Registration of voters for Lexington School Board, Oct 1901vs. 4,570Total Votes cast, Nov 5 difference = ~50% 1899 difference = 30% 1897 difference = 7% October vs. November 1901
  11. KY General Assembly repeals 1894 partial suffrage statute William A. “Billy” Klair, KY House of Representatives J. Embry Allen, KY Senate vs. Committee on Retention of School Suffrage for Women (Laura Clay, Mary Creegan Roark, Ida Withers Harrison, Frances Beauchamp) Dec 1901 – Jan 1902
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