Congratulations to the Frankfort Suffrage Women Cemetery Project members! A donation of $10,000 has been given to the Frankfort Cemetery to support the project to identify and honor suffrage leaders buried in the Frankfort Cemetery. Bronze medallions, designed by Sallie Clay Lanham, great granddaughter of Mary Barr Clay, have been placed at the gravesites of twenty-five women and men buried in the Frankfort Cemetery.
Bronze medallions, designed by Sallie Clay Lanham, great granddaughter of Mary Barr Clay, have been placed at the gravesites of twenty-five suffragists buried in the Frankfort Cemetery. Initiated by Mary Ann Burch, the Frankfort Suffrage Women Cemetery Project has been brought to reality with support of modern Frankfort women advocates for women’s rights and equality.
These Frankfort activists below will be honored with a bronze medallion at their gravesites in the Frankfort Cemetery, thanks to the leadership of Mary Ann Burch. At 9:00 AM on August 21, you can participate in a one hour guided tour. Transportation provided via Frankfort Trolley. Register at the Cemetery office, 215 E Main St, Frankfort, KY 40601. Download the (.pdf) brochure of the tour here.
Rebecca Gordon Averill (18 January 1862 - 21 October 1941) was born in Frankfort and lived all her life there. She was the eldest child of Jane Julian Page (1838-1882) and William Henry Averill (1834-1904).
Photo of portrait of Rebecca Gordon Averill (18 January 1862 - 21 October 1941) courtesy of her descendants now living in Frankfort.
This biosketch was written by Kate Hesseldenz, curator at Liberty Hall Historic Site, to support the KWSP collection of suffragist biosketches.
Margaretta Brown Barret (1839-1920) of Liberty Hall in Frankfort circa 1920. Founding member of the Frankfort Equal Rights Association, she is the elder sister of suffragist Eliza Brown Baily.
This biosketch was written by Kate Hesseldenz, curator at Liberty Hall Historic Site, (with only a few additions by me) to support the KWSP collection of suffragist biosketches and to further develop the Frankfort Suffrage Women Cemetery Project.
