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Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new South / Melba Porter Hay ; foreword by Marjorie Julian Spruill.

Author: Hay, Melba Porter, 1949-

Imprint:Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2009.

Descriptionxiv, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:"One great honored name," 1872-1889 -- "A thunder-bolt out of a clear sky," 1890-1896 -- "An unholy interest in reforming others," 1897-1900 -- "Our hope lies in the children," 1901-1904 -- "Whatever a woman can do-- in the long run she will do," 1905-1907 -- "Educational advance and school suffrage for women go hand in hand," 1908-1911 -- "Among the most brilliant advocates of votes for women in this country," 1912-1913 -- "An able speaker, a brilliant woman," 1914-1915 -- "I cannot keep her from doing more than she ought to do," 1916-1918 -- Kentucky's "most distinguished woman citizen," 1919-1920 -- Epilogue: "She belonged to Kentucky."

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-334) and index.



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Author:
Hay, Melba Porter, 1949-
Series Statement
Topics in Kentucky history
Subject:
Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell, 1872-1920.
Subject:
Women -- United States -- Biography.
Women's rights -- United States -- Biography.
Women -- Suffrage.
Women -- United States -- History.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
Topics in Kentucky history.