LEADER 03498nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910777747603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-3914-7 010 $a0-8131-3523-0 010 $a1-283-23343-6 010 $a9786613233431 010 $a0-8131-7326-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000750323 035 $a(EBL)792140 035 $a(OCoLC)318456577 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000195282 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168273 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195282 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10257728 035 $a(PQKB)11786494 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000038512 035 $a(OCoLC)820125008 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13742 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL792140 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10280048 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323343 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC792140 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30384869 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30384869 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000750323 100 $a20081022d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMadeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new south$b[electronic resource] /$fMelba Porter Hay ; foreword by Marjorie J. Spruill 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLexington, Ky. $cUniversity Press of Kentucky$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 225 1 $aTopics in Kentucky history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-2532-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"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." 330 $aKentucky native Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872--1920) was at the forefront of the suffrage movement at both the state and national levels. The great-granddaughter of Henry Clay and a descendant of several prominent Bluegrass families, Breckinridge inherited a sense of noblesse oblige that compelled her to speak for women's rights. However, it was her physical struggles and personal losses that transformed her from a privileged socialite into a selfless advocate for the disadvantaged. She devoted much of her life to the struggle for equal voting rights, but she also promoted the antitu 410 0$aTopics in Kentucky history. 606 $aWomen$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen's rights$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen$xSuffrage 606 $aWomen$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aWomen 615 0$aWomen's rights 615 0$aWomen$xSuffrage. 615 0$aWomen$xHistory. 676 $a324.6 676 $a324.6/23092 700 $aHay$b Melba Porter$f1949-$01538905 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777747603321 996 $aMadeline McDowell Breckinridge and the battle for a new south$93789402 997 $aUNINA