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In 1993 and 1994, Bill McCann interviewed 35 men - including several governors - about the KY Jaycees ten years after women had been admitted to this civic organization dedicated to mentoring and supporting young leaders at the local level. No transcripts are available for us to peruse and see if they spoke about the role of women in this prestigious local club.

Includes a stop at Anne Braden's home, 4403 Virginia Ave.

Transcript of the 2012 Appalshop Documentary about Anne Braden (http://annebradenfilm.org/)

teacher's view

This piece discussed the focus of what drew my attention from the KET documentary, education. 

Jennifer Jones, a teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary school in Lexington, invited Helen Caise Wade to speak with her students about integrating an all-white school in Lexington in 1955.

A review of _The Maid Narratives_ by Aaron W. Hughey, Department of Counseling and Student Affairs, Western Kentucky University. members of the local community. He points out the Bowling Green connection: attorney Flora Templeton Stuart (van Wormer's sister) who tells of her memory of Kentuckian Celestine Holmes. Called "Teen," Holmes was her nanny when Stuart grew up in New Orleans in the 1950s.

2006 oral history interview with Suzanne Post Listen online with text transcript

Newspaper with two articles revealing Collins' personality, priorities, and some family background history.

Project Gutenberg with multiple formats for download or for reading online. We have this document for real in rthe UK libraries.

This article gives insight to Martha Layne Collins' community and professional life, as of 2012.

Gov. Martha Layne Collins "She not only turned out to be a strong governor but also was a real mentor to the many young women who saw her as a role model and are now today in public service. I count myself among them."

Governor's School for the Arts article is insightful to her community action profile, a continuance of her roots as a school teacher in the civil rights era.

These articles can help gain insight of The Girl Scout's roles during the civil rights era.

Kentucky Historical Society Civil Rights Movemrnt in Kentucky Oral History Project

Great article showing how Rosa Parks "the first lady of civil rights" and the "mother of the freedom movement" grew to become the great leader she was at the national level by starting from the personal - and at the local level. How many women in Kentucky learned from her when they met her at the Highland Center or at regional or national conventions?