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Randolph Hollingsworth

KY Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression - 0 views

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    This is the Louisville-based website for peace and justice activists in KY that also contains information about the mission and events of the KY chapter of the NAARPR (the national organization founded by Carl Braden and Angela Davis et al) - this loacl branch, according to Cate Fosl was Anne Braden's "central outlet for local activism" (p. 317 in SUBVERSIVE SOUTHERNER) from the 1970s on.
Randolph Hollingsworth

Evaluation Guide - OHA Wiki - 0 views

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    includes principles and standards; project guidelines, purposes and objectives; interview conduct guidelines; independent researcher guidelines; educator and student guidelines; bibliography (dated 1970s-90s)
Randolph Hollingsworth

Betty Friedan obit - Voice of Feminism's 'Second Wave' - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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    Obituary for Betty Friedan, writer of the 1963 book, "The Feminine Mystique" and founder of many important feminist organizations, including the National Women's Political Caucus in the 1970s.
Randolph Hollingsworth

Jayme Coleman: National Visionary Leadership Project: African American History - 0 views

  • Dr. Jamye Coleman William’s teaching career spans almost fifty years, the last fourteen of which she served as the head of the Department of Communication at Tennessee State University. In 1984, she assumed the editorship of the AME Church Review, the oldest black journal in America, becoming the first woman to be elected as a major officer in the 197-year history of the AME Church.
  • Williams’ co-edited the 1970 publication, The Negro Speaks: The Rhetoric of Contemporary Black Leaders.
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Jamsasha Pierce

Women in Kentucky - 0 views

  • On January 6th, the first day of the legislative session, Kentucky ratifies the 19th Amendment.
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association dissolves and reorganizes as League of Women Voters to operate on local, state and national levels. Kentucky Equal Rights Association becomes L.W.V.
  • Mary Elliott Flanery becomes Kentucky and the South’s first female legislator when she is elected to the House of Representatives.
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  • Mary Breckinridge founds Frontier Nursing Service at Hyden.
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    Very neat time line which includes many KY women from the years 1500s to 1999. Really neat to see that in 1970, it was the first time for a female jockey to partake in the Derby!
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    I found this the other day wile I was searching around the internet. I think it helps give a big picture view of women in Kentucky and helps give perspective to the long history of women in Kentucky
charlie v

Womens History Month - 1 views

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    I know this already happened, but this site discuss some history of Kentucky women and the idea that women's history needs to be recorded and spread, espically history prior to 1970. It goes into some detail about how schools around the nation are begining to increase the importance of womens history and support the research that will create more womens history.
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Kentucky African American Encyclopedia Proposal - 0 views

  •   Throughout the state’s history Kentuckians of African descent have made notable contributions to all aspects of life. They have served in the military, constructed buildings, organized hospitals, established businesses, erected churches, formed benevolent societies, participated in athletic events, shaped the cultural landscape, entertained audiences, educated masses of school children, held political offices, and fought for respect and equality. Kentucky African American history is as diverse as the state.
  • In 1970, the Kentucky Commission for Human Rights published Kentucky’s Black Heritage
  •   In 1982, Alice Dunnigan published lengthy popular history The Fascinating Story of Black Kentuckians
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  • In 1992, the Kentucky Historical Society published the well-received two volumes History of Blacks in Kentucky authored by Marion Lucas and George Wright. 
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