S01 E08 Kentucky: Inclusive Voices Become Vindicated

In this episode, Marsha Weinstein, past president of the NCWHS, discusses the struggle for the women’s vote at sites on the NVWT.

We talk about the activists in KY votes for women campaigns:

• Susan Look Avery was an inclusive voice in the suffrage movement by advocating for both Black and white women.
• Georgia and Alice Nugent played a pivotal role in advancing the African American suffrage movement and were later active in voter education.
• Josephine Henry fought for equality for women under the law as well as being the first woman to run for statewide office.
• Eugenia Farmer became a leader in the suffrage movement after befriending Susan B. Anthony.
• Dr. Mary E. Britton was a political activist and was the first African-American female doctor in the state of Kentucky.
• Madeline McDowell Breckinridge lectured on women’s suffrage extensively, even traveling while she suffered from tuberculosis.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Marsha Weinstein is a past president of the NCWHS and has researched and spoken extensively on the women’s suffrage movement. She is the NVWT State Coordinator and was highly instrumental in the growth of the NVWT.

Links to People, Places, Publications

• Kentucky and the 19th Amendment (here)
• History of Women’s Suffrage in Kentucky (here)
• Susan Look Avery Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Susan Look Avery marker (here)
• Georgia Anne Nugent Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Nugent sisters’ marker (here)
• Josephine Henry Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Josephine Henry marker (here)
• Eugenia B. Farmer Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Eugenia B. Farmer marker (here)
• Dr. Mary E. Britton Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Dr. Mary E. Britton marker (here)
• Mary Barr Clay Biographical Sketch (here

CM Marihugh is a public history consultant and currently conducting independent research for a book on commemoration of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. She has an M.A. in Public History from State University of New York, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Learn more about:

• National Votes for Women Trail (here)
• National Votes for Women Trail - William G. Pomeroy historical markers (here)
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (here)

Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion? Get in touch! Send an e-mail to NVWTpodcast@ncwhs.org