03498nam 2200745Ia 450 991077774760332120200520144314.00-8131-3914-70-8131-3523-01-283-23343-697866132334310-8131-7326-4(CKB)1000000000750323(EBL)792140(OCoLC)318456577(SSID)ssj0000195282(PQKBManifestationID)11168273(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195282(PQKBWorkID)10257728(PQKB)11786494(StDuBDS)EDZ0000038512(OCoLC)820125008(MdBmJHUP)muse13742(Au-PeEL)EBL792140(CaPaEBR)ebr10280048(CaONFJC)MIL323343(MiAaPQ)EBC792140(MiAaPQ)EBC30384869(Au-PeEL)EBL30384869(EXLCZ)99100000000075032320081022d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMadeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new south[electronic resource] /Melba Porter Hay ; foreword by Marjorie J. Spruill1st ed.Lexington, Ky. University Press of Kentuckyc20091 online resource (369 p.)Topics in Kentucky historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8131-2532-4 Includes bibliographical references and index."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."Kentucky native Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872--1920) was at the forefront of the suffrage movement at both the state and national levels. The great-granddaughter of Henry Clay and a descendant of several prominent Bluegrass families, Breckinridge inherited a sense of noblesse oblige that compelled her to speak for women's rights. However, it was her physical struggles and personal losses that transformed her from a privileged socialite into a selfless advocate for the disadvantaged. She devoted much of her life to the struggle for equal voting rights, but she also promoted the antituTopics in Kentucky history.WomenUnited StatesBiographyWomen's rightsUnited StatesBiographyWomenSuffrageWomenUnited StatesHistoryWomenWomen's rightsWomenSuffrage.WomenHistory.324.6324.6/23092Hay Melba Porter1949-1538905MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777747603321Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new south3789402UNINA