Image for National Votes for Women Trail marker for Josephine K. Henry - located at 210 Montgomery Avenue, Versailles KY 40383 @38.0478437, -84.7283552
The marker content states: "Josephine Henry 1843-1928. Home of suffragist, author, orator and teacher who lobbied for equal rights for all women. (William C. Pomeroy Foundation 2019, [marker no.] 2)."
Title: Centennial Celebration
Publication: Kentucky Humanities (Fall 2020)
Table of Contents
One of the most intriguing aspects of the Kentucky equal rights movement is the tension that led to Laura Clay’s break from the Kentucky Equal Rights Association (KERA) and the National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). From the establishment of KERA in 1888, Clay had dedicated her life to the organization and fighting for women’s rights.
Author: Kern, Kathi.
Title: Mrs. Stanton's Bible.
Publisher: Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002.
This post was co-written by Dr. Randolph Hollingsworth (coordinator for the Kentucky Woman Suffrage Project) and Dr. Margaret Spratt (coordinator for the Tennessee entries for the Women and Social Movements in the U.S. project on woman suffrage) as they consider a proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities for a community outreach project to include both Kentucky and Tennessee:
A broadside available at the University of Kentucky's Laura Clay papers, Special Collections Research Center. It reads: "Public Speaking! at the Representative Hall. Miss Laura Clay, Mrs. Eugenia B. Farmer, Mrs. Josephine K.
