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Girl Scouts honors '100 Kentucky Women of Distinction' - 0 views

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  • Martha Layne Collins, Kentucky’s first and only female governor, was one of the Girl Scouts ’100 Kentucky Women of Distinction.’
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Girl Scouts: Search Results - 1 views

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    These articles can help gain insight of The Girl Scout's roles during the civil rights era.
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Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls. :: African American Ora... - 0 views

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    Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in civil rights activities in Louisville and so share many experiences.
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Kentucky: Secretary of State - Women Serving Kentucky - 2 views

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    Another list of web links for Woman's Clubs.
  • One Ton on 12 Oct 10
     
    I never really would have considered Girl Scouts to be activists or reformers, but every woman needs to start somewhere!
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Kentucky Chautauqua, Mary Owens, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Boone, Kentucky History - Ky H... - 0 views

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  • Haley Bowlng McCoy
    201 Shannon Ct.
    Lexington, KY 40511

    Home Phone: (606) 627-1842
    Email: haleysmccoy@gmail.com

    Anna Mac Clarke

    Military Pioneer
    1919—1944

    Anna Mac Clarke didn't put up with second-class treatment from anybody, including the U.S. Army. A native of Lawrenceburg, Clarke graduated from Kentucky State College in 1941. Rejecting domestic work—the only job a black college graduate could get in Lawrenceburg in those days—she left Kentucky to work at a Girl Scout Camp in New York state.

    After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Clarke volunteered for the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (renamed Women's Army Corps in 1943). During officer's training in Iowa, she led the successful opposition to a proposal to segregate black soldiers into their own regiment. At Douglas Army Airfield in Arizona, Lieutenant Clarke made history when she became the first black WAC officer to command a white unit. And she made national news after her protest against segregated seating in the base theater convinced the commanding officer to ban segregation on the base. Just a few weeks later, Clarke died of complications from a ruptured appendix. She was 24.
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