The National Collaborative for Women's History Sites (NCWHS) is leading the effort to develop a National Votes for Women Trail (NVWT), originally as a part of the celebrations commemorating the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Image for National Votes for Women Trail marker for the Nugent sisters - Georgia Anne Nugent (c1872-1940), Alice Emma Nugent (1876-1971), and Mollie Nugent Williams (1867-1936). The marker is located at 845 South 6th Street, Louisville, KY 40203
@38.2431721058006, -85.76204922883511
The marker content states: "Nugent Sisters, African American suffragists and community leaders. Advocated for voting rights on local, state & national levels. Lived here 1919-1971. (William C. Pomeroy Foundation 2022, [marker no.] 202)."
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)."
Image for National Votes for Women Trail marker for Eugenia B. Farmer - located at Trinity Episcopal Church, 326 Madison Avenue, Covington KY @39.0874177,-84.5807303
The marker content states: "Eugenia B. Farmer statewide suffrage leader. Led fight for women's school suffrage in Ky. Helped host state suffrage conventon here in 1897. (William C. Pomeroy Foundation 2021, [marker no.] 113)
Image for National Votes for Women Trail marker for Mary Barr Clay - located at White Hall State Historic Site, 500 White Hall Shrine Road, Richmond KY @37.8331337,-84.3548585
The marker content states: "Mary Barr Clay childhood home. Pres., Amer. Woman Suffrage Assoc. 1883. Addressed U.S. House of Reps. in support of women's suffrage 1884. (William C. Pomeroy Foundation 2018, [marker no.] 3)"
Image for National Votes for Women Trail marker for Dr. Mary E. Britton - located at St James African Methodist Episcopal Church, 124 E. Walnut Street, Danville KY 40422 @37.6442419,-84.7688756
The marker content states: "Dr. Mary E. Britton, physician & teacher spoke here at 1887 State Assoc. of Colored Teachers meeting advocating women's suffrage. Speech in national newspaper. (William G. Pomery Foundation 2018, [marker no.] 4)
Image for National Votes for Women Trail marker for Madeline McDowell Breckinridge - located at Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate, 120 Sycamore Road, Lexington, KY 40502 @38.029307,-84.479944
The marker content states: "Childhood Home, Kentucky Equal Rights Assn. Pres. Madeline McDowell Breckinridge who whosted receptions here 1916 & 1920 for suffrage conventions. (William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2020, [marker no.] 21)
Image of National Votes for Women marker for Susan Look Avery - located at The Woman's Club of Louisvill, 1320 South Fourth Street, Louisville KY 40208 (GPS @38.232113,-85.761282)
The marker content states: "Susan Look Avery 1817-1915. Woman's rights leader. Founded Louisville Woman's Suffrage Assoc. in 1889 & The Woman's Club of Louisville in 1890. (William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2018, [marker no.] 1)"
Josephine Kirby Williamson Henry (1846-1928) of Versailles, KY.
Image snipped from frontispiece of The Free Thought Magazine, Vol. XIII, No. 5 (May, 1895).
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.
